Upper-basic Social Studies educators’ perceived challenges of teaching civic values in Kwara Central Nigeria
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2020
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Social Studies Association of Nigeria SOSSAN
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This study examined Upper-Basic Social Studies Educators’ perceived challenges of teaching civic values in Kwara Central, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study comprised of all Upper Basic Social Studies Educators in Kwara Central and Upper-Basic one and two Social Studies Educators formed the target population. Fifty Upper-basic schools in Kwara Central were randomly selected while two Social Studies Educators meant for Upper-Basic one and two in each of the selected fifty schools were purposively sampled. This implies that a total of hundred ( 100 ) respondents were involved in the study. The researcher designed questionnaire titled “Social Studies Educators’ Perceived Challenges of Teaching Civic Values in Kwara Central, Nigeria.” was used in collecting data. Mean, Standard Deviation, and rank were used in answering research questions while t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study showed that poor funding; students’ bad attitudes; appointment of unqu alified teachers; students’
population explosion, and poor parenting model were the foremost perceived challenges of teaching civic values. Adequate funding of schools, good parenting styles, quality leadership model and the appointment of qualified teachers were among recommendations in this study.
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Teaching, Civic Education, Values, Challenges
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14. Rasheed S. A. (2020). Upper-basic Social Studies educators’ perceived challenges of teaching civic values in Kwara Central Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Social Studies Vol XXIII (2) 164-179.