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PRINCIPALS' CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR CONDUCIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IN F .C.T , ABUJA
This study was a Survey of Principals' Conflict Management
Strategies for conducive school environment in the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja. The population of this study consisted of all the
principals of the 45 senior secondary schools and 90 vice principals
both academic and administration under F.C.T.A. The population of
the study was considered manageable and hence there was no
sampling. Two research questions and two hypotheses were
formulated for the study. The research was designed to identify
nature, types and conflict management strategies used by the
principals, the questionnaires were designed to ensure content
validity and an appreciable level of reliability . The research
instrument was the Principals' Conflict Management Strategies
Questionnaire (PCMSQ) which contained 23 items structured along
like-type four point rating scale of strongly agree, agree , disagree
and strongly disagree. Data collected from the questionnaire were
statistically analyzed to obtain the mean scores to answer the
research questions at a decision rule of 2.51 and below as disagreed
and 2.51 and above as agreed. The t - test statistic was used to test
the two hypotheses all on the 0.05 level of significance. The results
showed that different types of conflicts existed in schools and no
particular type is more prevalent than others in Public Secondary
Schools in the F.C.T. Also gender, experience and professionalism
play prominent roles in conflict resolution. On the basis of these
findings, it was recommended that the appointment of principalship
should be based on professionalism and experience.
PHYSICS TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA
From this study; investigating the physics teachers perception of their classroom
environment in senior Seconder Schools Federal Capital Territory. Questionnaires
were administered to 203 Senior Secondary School.
PARENTING QUALITY AND STYLES EXPERIENCED BY ADOLESCENTS IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABUJA METROPOLIS
This study Parenting Quality and Styles Experienced by Adolescents in
Government Secondary Schools in Abuja Metropolis, investigated quality of
parenting styles in the metropolis as experienced by adolescents in Government
Secondary Schools. Part of the specific objectives was to find out the dominant
parenting styles, out of which the authoritarian, democratic and lassie-faire
ones became of interest to the study. 2602 students in Ab14a Metropolis make up
the population. Based on the formula of Krejcie and Morgan ( J 970), a sample
of 340 was used. Quality of Parenting and Styles Questionnaire was used in this
study to collect data from the sampled adolescents. The data collected were
subjected to SPSS analysis based on the research questions and null hypotheses.
ANO VA and t-test statistics were used to test the hypotheses. The findings fi"om
the study showed that, most of the responde111s ore .fi"om the nuclear fw11ily.
lassie-faire parenting style was the dominate parenting style. most parents were
mainly non-govermnent employees and 1110st adolescents rated the quality of
parenting as good. The study recommended that fathers should spend more time
with their adolescents, government and the society should encourage the
education of children. nwrriage coiinsellors should assist couples to appreciate
the sacred nature of marriage and there should be enlightenment of Nigerion
citizens on the advantages of the nuclear family.
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVEMENT AND COMMANDMENT MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS IN COMMANDSECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Parent Teacher association and Commandants' Managerial Effectiveness in
Command Secondary schools in Nigeria was investigated in this research work.
The stratified technique was used to select eleven secondary
schools and Headquarters of the Nigerian Army
including the at the Army Headquarters Federal Capital
Territory.
ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE TYPES, TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ABUJA
The study established the Relationship among Organizational Climate Types, Teachers'
Perception of Work Environment and Academic Performance of Students in Federal Capita l
Territory Administration senior secondary schools. Eight research questions and eight
hypotheses were drawn up for the study. The study population cons isted of 3,576 teachers in
the 59 Federal Capital Territory Administration senior secondary schools. Multi-stage
sampling procedure was adopted for the study. The researcher selected 30 schools out of 59
senior secondary schools through proportionate random sampling. Also, a sample s ize of
716 teachers was selected through stratified random sampling procedure. The instrument
used for the study was a questionnaire titled Organizational Climate Types and Teachers'
Perception of Work Environment Questionnaire (OCTTPWEQ) and an analysis of West
African Senior School Certificate Examination results for six years (2009-2014 ). The
questionnaire cons isted of 45 items and was validated by the researcher's supervisors and
other experts in the field of educational administration. The questionnaire was pilot tested to
ascertain the reliability of the instrument. The data collected was analysed using mean
scores, percentages, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, t-test, multiple
regressions analysis and ANOV A. The results of the study revealed that open and
autonomous climate exist in Federal Capital Territory Administration senior secondary
schools, other organizational climate types also exist in these schools to some extent
although not significant. The result indicated that there was no significant difference
between the organizational climate in urban and rural schools and between the perception of
experienced and inexperienced teachers of their work environment, a significant difference
was seen between the perception of male and female teachers of their work environment.
Also, a significant relationship was established among organizational climate types,
teachers' perception of work environment and academic performance of students. The
findings indicated that despite the fact that teachers have a positive perception of their work
environment, students still performed very poorly in West African Senior School Ce1tificate
Examination. This implies that there is need for government, educational planners and
managers to take this into consideration by ensuring that necessary faci lities are put in place
to promote a conducive, positive and friendly learning environment in schools, especially
those located in rural areas. Also research should be conducted to investigate other
degenerating environmental factors other than teacher factor which impact negatively on
teachers' perception of work environment and consequently affect the academic
performance of students. Teachers should also be involved in policy making as well as
curriculum development as their contributions might bring lasting solutions to the problem
of poor academic performance of students.
OPINION OF STUDENTS ON FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR PERFORM NCES IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA
The purpose of this was to find out the Opinion of students on
factors influencing their performances in Social Studies in North Central
Nigeria. The population included all JSS3 students, while the sample of
the study consisted of wo hundred and fifty (250) Social Studies students
made up of 105 male nd 145 female. Descriptive survey method was used
for the study. T. e instrument used to collect data was
questionnaire.(OFIPO OSSQ).A standard reference mean of 2.5 for a
modified 4-point rating scale was adopted for the purpose of decision
making. Data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) which include percentage, mean, standard deviation, ttest
and ANOVA. Hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.
Reliability of the instrument was established using test - re test and the
reliability index was 0 94, alpha coefficient was used for the
internal consistency o obtain 0.84 which was considered adequate.
Principal Component exploratory analysis was also used to analyze the
factors in order to check the factors structures. Findings revealed that
school location, school type and gender have significant influence on
student performance i social studies. Whereas teacher related factor and
-7 school facilities do no influence student performance in social studies.
Also, conducive environment, urban location and closeness to school are
the highest rated facto s influencing students performance Therefore, the
study recommends that Government should attempt to improve student's
academics by providing facilities such as buildings, furniture's, etc so that
learning environment will become more conducive and learning
experiences will become more meaningful.
MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN NIGER STATE
This study was carried out to ascertain the motivational factors among
secondary school teachers in Niger State. It was also designed to determine
whether the motivational factors among these teachers differ according to
their gender, experience, school location, school ownership and academic
qualification. To ascertain the above, six research questions and four
hypotheses were formulated to enable the study be statistically tested. A
sample of 400 teachers were selected through stratified random sampling
technique from 40 selected secondary schools scattered all over the State.
Out of this number, 390 responded to the questionnaire. Data was collected
using a questionnaire instrument designed by the researcher. The research
questions were answere:d using mean scores (with de9ision rule of 2.51) and
t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The
result of the analysis were presented in tables. Analyses of data revealed
that the motivational factors among teachers in secondary schools in Niger
State include salary, job satisfaction, availability of teaching I learning
materials, performance appraisal, job security, opportunity for advancement I
promotion, improved human relations and workers' benefits. The major
findings of the study revealed that; though some of the factors were
favorable to the teachers, they felt being maltreated in the areas of provision
of teaching I learning materials, opportunity for advancement I promotion
and workers' benefits by their employers. The study also discovered that
there was no significant difference in factors of motivation among secondary
school teachers on the basis of their gender, experience, school location,
school ownership and academic qualification. Based on the results of the
study, it was concluded among other things that motivational incentives were
not properly utilized by the teachers' employers to encourage them bring out
their best. It was therefore recommended that; Government and employers
of . teachers should pay more attention to the needs of the teachers for
positive ยท and effective classroom management and achievement of
educational objectives; organize workshops, seminars; in-service training
programmers to enable teachers be acquainted with the right technology,
current developments and problems in their respective disciplines; and also
supply adequate instructional facilities in schools to enable the teachers
perform their roles better.
Managing Learning Resource Availability For Students' Academic Performance In S.S.S Certificate Examination In Kaduna State.
This study investigated .Managing Learning Resource Availability For Students' Academic Performance In S.S.S Certificate Examination In Kaduna State. To achieve the objective of the study, the study has five research questions and tested two null hypotheses.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING OUTCOMES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN OBUDU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE
This dissertatjon is entitled Language of Instruction and Learning
Outcomes of Primary School Pu pi Is in Obudu Local Government of Cross Ri vcr
State. The population of the study comprised all the pupils of primary schools in
Obudu Local Government of Cross River State and the sample was drawn from three
(3) primary schools. The intact stratified sampling technique was used to select
schools to represent urban, rural and semi-urban areas while the simple random
sampling technique without replacement was used to select a school each from each
area for the study. Content and face validity of test instrument was ensured and test
retest measure of reliability was also conducted. The main objective of the study was
to ascertain the impact of languages of instruction (English language, mother tongue
and mixed language approach) on the academic achievement of pupils in primary
school. Based on the objective, four research questions and four research hypotheses
were formulated to guide this study. The research was experimental as pretests were
conducted and post tests were also conducted in the language of instruction after 35
minutes of teaching on four topics (family, marriage, word problem and listening
comprehension). Data collected were analysed using average, mean and t-test
statistics for independent samples. findings or the tested hypotheses at 0.05 level or
significance revealed that: there was a signi l~cant difference in the performance of
pupils taught in mother tongue and those taught in English language; there was a
significant difference in learning outcomes between pupils taught in English language
only and those taught using both English language and mother tongue; there was no
significant difference in performance between pupi Is taught in the mother tongue and
those taught in mother tongue and English language (mixed language approach); and
there was no significant difference in learning outcomes between pupils taught and
tested in mother tongue and those taught in mother tongue but tested in English
language. Based on the findings, it was recommended that pupils should be taught for
a considerable length of time in the languages they bring to school.
LANGUAGE NEEDS OF JOURNALISM TRAINEES OF THE NATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY COLLEGE, JOS: IMPLICATION FOR PEDAGOGY
This study examined the "Language Needs of Journalism Trainees of The National
Television Authority College, Jos: Implication for Pedagogy", with a view to
examining whether or not the trainees of NTA College are taught the English
language skills to be used in their field of profession. The descriptive survey design
was adopted for the study and a four-point Likert scale model of questionnaire was
used as research instrument to elicit data from the respondents for the study. Also,
checklist and in-depth interview were used for data collection in this study. These
were validated by the Supervisors and their reliability index was 0.89. The
population for the study was one-hundred and twenty (120) journalism trainees
and three (3) course instructors of the Department of Journalism. Using the ballot
sampling technique, 100 trainees were selected from the population. Also, all the
three course instructors were participants in the study. The simple percentage
counts, frequency distribution, mean scores, and Pearson Product Moment
Correlation Coefficient were the statistical tools used to analyze the data. The
findings indicate that trainees of NT A College, Jos and their course instructors
needthe listening, speaking. reading, and writing skills as well as grammar in their
field of profession. On the basis of these findings, the study majorly recommended
that: (i) trainees of Journalism should be taught the listening skills for effective
comprehension of spoken words of discussants and interviewees and to overcome
the problem of mother-tongue interference; (ii) trainees should be taught speaking
skills in order to know the difforence between American and British English both in
the area of spelling and pronunciation; (iii) trainees should be taught reading
skills in order to correctly pronounce names of places, persons, cultural events
within and outside the country; (iv) trainees should be adequately taught writing
skills in order to overcome the problem of malapropism and verbosity ; (v) trainees
should be taught grammatical elements such as control of the use of words in
sentence, subject-verb agreement, English sentence, syntax, punctuation marks,
questions tags.
INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS' LEADERSHIP STYLES ON SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN FCT PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
This study investigated the influence of Principals' leadership style on school .
community relations in .FCT public Senior Secondary Schools. Six research
questions and four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey
research design was employed and the sample size consisted of 550 respondents.
made up of 330 teachers and 220 parents, drawn from the eleven FCT senior
secondary schools. Respondents were selected using stratified sampling technique while proportionate sampling technique was used to select symbols.
INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL RECORDS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIA
This study examined Information and Communication Technology facilities and
school records management in junior secondary schools in FCT, Abuja. The study
employed a descriptive survey research with a population of 5714 comprising 161
principals and 5553 teachers, and the sample size of 342 respondents comprising 64
principals and 278 teachers. Seven research questions and six hypotheses guided the
study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled: "Information and
Communication Technology and School Records Management Questionnaire
(ICTSRMQ). The instrument was made up of 51 items on a four point liker! scale.
Instrument for the study was validated by experts in the field of educational
administration and planning and subjected to a pilot test after which a reliability
index of 0.86 was obtained Research questions were analyzed using mean, standard
deviation and percentage, while t-test and ANOVA were used to test hypotheses Hor
H05 and H06 respectively. Results obtained revealed that JCT facilities were
inadequate and not well utilized for school records management in public junior
secondary schools in FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study
recommends that computer laboratories should be made available in all FCT junior
secondary schools which must be well equipped with adequate JCT facilities for easy
records management and that JCT facilities Installation and Monitoring Committee
(IMC) should be set up in FCT junior secondary schools by UBEB Secretariat for
adequate school records management.
INFLUENCE OF ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES ON ECONOMIC STRESS OF WIDOWS IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AND KUJE AREA COUNCILS, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY.
The study examined influence of adjustment programmes on economic stress of widows in
Abuja Municipal and Kuje Area Councils, Federal Capital Territory. It was a survey
study and four research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. A Questionnaire
titled, "Influence of Adjustment Programmes on Economic Stress of Widows in Abuja
Municipal and Kuje Area Councils (IAPESWAK) was the instrument used to elicit
information from the respondents. The sample size of widows used was 327. Simple
percentage, Mean score rating and Anova were used/or data analysis. Findings showed
that respondents agreed with economic, psychological, and physical factors as stressors
to the widows. Also, the test of hypotheses indicated that there was a significant
difference in stress factors among widows in FCT due to their educational qualification,
length of widowhood, the number of children they have, occupation, as well as in stress
management strategies among widows in FCT It was concluded that difficulty in settling
school fees, medical bills, etc. represent their financial stress, in-law's religious and
traditional practices, anxiety over their children's fate, agitation over daily challenges,
represent psychologically stress. The recommendations of the study are that: widows
should be assisted especially in the area of accessing interest free loan to start business,
well-wishers and family members need to come to terms with the fact that at the point of
the death of a love one, a woman needs them more, couples should endeavour to always
have heart to heart discussion regarding the number of children they should have, and
also women should endeavour to always get requisite training and retraining that could
assist them whether educated or uneducated.
IMPACT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS ON VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION
IMPACT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS ON VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION
IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY USAGE ON THE COUNSELLORS' EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA.
The study focused on impact of information and communication technology
usage on the counsellors' effectiveness in secondary schools of Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja-Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to find out
the level of JCT knowledge of the Counsellors, to examine the extent of
utilization of !CT facilities in Counselling among them and to determine the
challenges they faced in the use of !CT facilities. Seven research questions and
four hypotheses guided the study. The survey research design was adopted.
The study covered all the Counsellors in all private and public senior secondary
schools within the FCT. 144 Counsellors participated in the study and a self structured
29-item instrument was used to collect data for the study after
determining its validity and reliability. In carrying out the data analysis, mean
scores were used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were
analyzed using t-test and ANOVA and tested at 0.5 level of significance.
Findings from the study revealed that the level of !CT knowledge and extent of
utilization among Counsellors in the secondary schools is low. It was also found
that the counsellors faced certain challenges which included lack of power
supply and internet connectivity in schools. Based on the findings some
recommendations were made which included that counsellors should work
hard to improve on their JCT knowledge and extent of utilization. The
challenges faced by counsellors in the use of JCT for counselling in secondary
school in the FCT should be addressed by the government and all counsellors
irrespective of the number of years of experience should embrace the use of !CT
in counselling.
