Teachers' Attitudes To Poetry in Secondary Schools: The Role of an Educational Counsellor

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dc.contributor.authorOLANIYI, Oladimeji Kaseem
dc.contributor.authorAJIBOYE, Samuel Kolawole
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-08T09:40:02Z
dc.date.available2021-06-08T09:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.description.abstractLiterature and Language teaching are two-sides of a coin. Literature, the habitation of the genres of drama, prose and poetry however relies on language to thrive. Of the three genres in question, poetry has been blackmailed in the elementary and advanced academic circles as the most difficult. The role of the counsellor cannot be overemphasized, especially in helping individuals to develop the right attitude to different professional responsibilities in the society. This observation provided a basis for examining teachers’ attitude to poetry in secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis and the role of the counsellor. To carry out this study, questionnaire items drawn to reflect the Four-Point Likert scale types was employed to harvest the varying attitudes of Literature teachers in some selected secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis. The t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistical methods were used in calculating the values of the responses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The results showed that there were no significant differences in teachers’ attitude to poetry based on gender, length of service and educational qualification. It was concluded therefore that the dwindling performance of students in English language, literature and other related school subjects would record a positive turn around when the specialists in Language studies and school counsellors form a consortium that would look into the attitude of teachers and students to poetry and come out with strategic policies that would not defy’ implementationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAuthorsen_US
dc.identifier.issn2384-6801
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/6046
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKWASU International Journal of Educationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1;1
dc.subjectTeachersen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectPoetryen_US
dc.subjectRoleen_US
dc.subjectEducational Counselloren_US
dc.titleTeachers' Attitudes To Poetry in Secondary Schools: The Role of an Educational Counselloren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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