Category Archives: International Journal of Educational Research and Management Technology 2017

Relationship between Principal Leadership Styles and Staff Job Performance in Secondary Schools in Adamawa State

Ochoyi, Esther Eleojo

Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Federal College of Education, Yola

ABSTRACT

This paper investigated relationship between principals’ leadership styles and teachers’ job performance in senior secondary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study population comprised all the 154 senior secondary schools in the State. Out of this population, a sample of 30 senior secondary schools was purposive randomly selected at rate 6 schools per educational zone. Therefore, all the 429 teaching staff as well as 30 principals from the sampled schools served as respondents for this study. Two instruments were used to collect data for the study. These were the principals’ leadership style questionnaire and the teachers’ job performance questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, chi-square and t-test. It was found that the democratic leadership style was the most commonly used leadership style among principals of senior secondary schools in the State. Teachers’ job performance was also found to be at a moderate level in the schools. Teachers’ job performance was found better in schools having principals using autocratic leadership style, followed by those schools with democratic principles, while the teacher’s performance under Laissez-faire principals is below average. It was recommended that school principals should mix autocratic and democratic styles of leadership in the school administration in order to enhance better job performance among teachers. It was suggested that the use of the Laissez-faire leadership style should be discouraged.

Keywords: Principals, leadership, styles, teachers, job, performance

Application des Procédés Morphologiques et les procédés Traductives dans la Traduction vers la Langue Igala

Igono Joseph

Department of French

Umar Suleiman College of Education

P.M.B. 02, Gashu’a, Yobe State

Email: joesmary2003@yahoo.fr

ABSTRACT

Quand une langue minoritaire est marginalisée et sous-développée, elle entraîne à la sous-utilisation et à l’inadéquation de notions et de concepts technoscientifiques. Pour sauver telles situations, une utilisation intensive aussi qu’intégration des nouvelles notions et concepts dans la langue est forte préconisée. Une manière efficace d’atteindre tel fin est à travers la traduction. L’objectif de ce travail est d’assurer la fidélité et l’adéquation dans la traduction vers la langue igala. Pour atteindre cet objectif, cette étude préconise une complémentarité des procédés morphologiques de la langue avec les procédés de traduction. Une manière d’achever cette complémentarité est la maitrise de procédés morphologique de la langue d’arrivée et les procédés de la traduction, des exemples variés d’application de ces deux procédés ont été démontrés dans cette étude.

Relationships among School Adjustment, Dispositional Optimism and Academic Achievement between Male and female Undergraduate Students in North West Zone, Nigeria

¹Babangida Iro, ²Khadija Mahmoud; ³Aisha I. Mohammed & ⁴Musa Balarabe

¹Learner Support Services, National Open University of Nigeria, Kaduna Study Centre

^2,3&4Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

Email: Irobabangida@yahoo.com; biro@noun.edu.ng; addadija@yahoo.com; Aishindo120@gmail.com; mbalarabe@gmail.com

Corresponding Author:Babangida Iro

ABSTRACT

This research assessed the gender influence among school adjustment, dispositional optimism and academic achievement of undergraduate students in North West Zone, Nigeria. The design used for this study was triangulation research design, which is a combination of correlation survey and ex-post facto. The population of the study consisted of 14,756 undergraduate students Out of which 378 subjects were sampled guided by Krejcie & Morgan, (1970) sampling procedure, consisting both male and female students. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics of means and standard deviation respectively. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMr) was used and tested hypotheses 1 – 3. Moreover, independent t-test was used and analysed the differences in hypotheses 4 and 5. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) 22.0 was used and hypotheses formulated were tested using 0.05 level of significance. The finding/conclusion showed that, there were no gender influence among school adjustment, dispositional optimism and academic achievement. The results further revealed that, there were no differences in school adjustment and dispositional optimism between male and female students. The study recommended that, parents, teachers, school administrators, private agencies and government at large, should help students to increase school adjustment and develop dispositional optimism equally, irrespective of male or female students. This could be achieved through training, counseling, teaching, seminars, journals, workshops and educational policies.

Keywords: School Adjustment, Dispositional Optimism and Academic Achievement

Diversifying Theological Education for Sustainable Development in Nigeria

David H. Kajom

Department of Christian Religious Studies

Kaduna State University, Kaduna

Email: dkajom@yahoo.com; dkajom@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Theological education referred to education that is specifically about theology, about God (or, for some, about the experience of God), and is the training of person(s) to know and serve God. Though,this paper argues for the diversification of theological education for sustainable development. First, the paper argues for the significance of education in holistic development. Education being capital intensive requires that governmentat the various tiers cannot handle it alone, it therefore means that other stakeholders such as religious organisations and the like must co-operate. Secondly, the paper acknowledges the contributions of other major stakeholders in the education sector. The theological institutions have been at the fore-front of providing educational services to the Nigerian population. However, the traditional mode ofeducation provided by many religious institutions in Nigeria has been grovadedon theological education, which seems inadequate, hence a need for diversification that will embrace not only the current educational needs of the society but also the diversified nature of education in the 21^st century. This paper adopts the survey/analytical approach as a method of analysis and recommends that theological education should adopt and integrate or incorporate a holistic, vocational and technical educational approach in the diversification of theological education for sustainable development.Keywords: Diversifying,  Education, Theology, Sustainable Development

Influence of Internet-Addiction on Academic Procrastination among Students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State-Nigeria

1. I. Mohammed & Abdulgafar Abdulwasiu

Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

Email: aishindo120@gmail.com, hafizpresident@yahoo.com

Corresponding Author: A. I. Mohammed

ABSTRACT

This study examined the influence of Internet-Addiction on Academic Procrastination among Students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna-State Nigeria. The study stated one objective, one research question and one hypothesis. Research design used for the conduct of the study was the Expost Facto design. The population for the study was 33,470, a sample of 380 proportionate male and female students were used for this study. The Bio data form adopted Internet Addiction Test IAT (Young, 1998) and adopted Procrastination Assessment Scale for Students PASS (Solomon & Rothblum, 1984) were instruments used for collecting data for the study. Both instruments of IAT and PASS have reliabilities of 0.90 and 0.79 respectively. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation; t-test and ANOVA to answer the research questions and hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that significant difference exists between male and female students in their level of internet-addiction and academic procrastination (t= 3.427, p= 0.004). Finally, the study recommend that the University management, Psychologists, as well as lecturers, parents and or guardians of students regularly sensitize their wards on the negative influence of internet social media platforms on their personal and or academic life with emphasis on the males students.

Keywords: Internet-addiction, Academic Procrastination, Social Media