CURBING STUDENTS’ DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR THROUGH THE TEACHING OF VALUE AND MORAL EDUCATION IN OSUN STATE
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2018
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Social Science Education Department, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
Abstract
Deviant behaviour is an anti-social behaviour that is opposed or contrary to
normal social instincts or practices, and a violation of social relationship.
Deviance is found everywhere people live. Hence, this paper investigated the
relationship between values/moral education and deviant behaviours among Secondary
School Students in Osun State, Nigeria. This study is descriptive in nature and as
a result, survey method of data collection was employed. The population for the
study consisted of all Secondary Schools, teachers and students in Osun State
across the thirty Local Government Areas in the State. Simple random sampling
technique was used to select seventy five Secondary Schools across fifteen of the
existing thirty Local Government Areas in the State at five schools per Local
Government Area. Five participating respondents were drawn from each of the
schools in the fifteen Local Government Areas of the State and a total number of
375 respondents were considered. One main instrument tagged “Students Deviant
Behaviours and the Teaching of Moral and Value Education” (SDBTMVE) was
constructed for the study. Three research questions were raised while three
hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The questions
were answered using frequency counts, mean and standard deviation, while Pearson
Product-Moment Correlation Analysis statistical tools were used to test the
hypotheses. The study identified the various causes of deviant behaviour as lack
of good governance, greed on the part of the youth, drug abuse, inadequate
communication and understanding with parents and lack of self-esteem. It was,
therefore, recommended among others, that moral and values education should be
included in the curricular of post-secondary education irrespective of discipline
or course of study. This will humanize students at this level of training and help
to reduce cultism and armed robberies as well as other campus and societal vices.
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Deviance, Behaviour, Education, Moral, Values
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Oparinde, F. O. & Abdulsalam, A. A. (2018). Curbing students’ deviant behaviour through the teaching of value and moral education in Osun State. Social Sciences Education Journal, 2 (2), 83 – 88. Published by Social Science Education Department, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.