Category Archives: International Journal of Educational Research and Management Technology, Volume 5, number 3, 2020

THE IMPACT OF TEACHER GENDER AND TEACHER PLACE OF ORIGIN ON TEACHER EFFICIENCY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN GORONYO EDUCATIONAL ZONE, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA

¹Bello Musa & ²Halliru Shehu

¹Department of Educational Foundations, Sokoto State University, Sokoto

²Department of Curriculum Studies, Sokoto State University, Sokoto

ABSTRACT

This study examines the impact of Teacher Gender and Teacher Place of Origin on Teacher Efficiency in Senior Secondary Schools in Goronyo Educational Zone, Sokoto State, Nigeria. This paper observed that, number of male teachers outnumber female teachers in rural area unlike urban area. The position of women in Nigeria is somehow different from that of developed countries. The study was limited to public senior secondary schools in Goronyo Educational Zone of Sokoto State. A total number of 169 teachers were selected through proportionate random sampling technique to participate in the study. Two research questions were raised and answered. One validated instrument titled: Impact of Teacher Gender and Teacher Place of Origin on Teacher Efficiency Questionnaire (ITGTPOTEQ). The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was the major statistical tool employed for data analysis. Findings revealed that, teacher gender distribution and teacher place of origin has positive impact on teacher efficiency. It was recommended among others that Educational administrators should always consider teacher gender and place of origin while recruiting and placement of teachers in senior secondary schools in the state. Government and educational administrators should do whatever in retaining the experience teachers and also emphases on in-service training of the newly recruited teachers in the state.

GENDER AND PERSONALITY AS PREDICTORS OF ANXIETY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN ENUGU URBAN

¹Sandra O. Ezeh, ²Mgbenkemdi Ejike H.& Aboh J. Ogbole¹

¹Department of Behavioral Medicine, Nigerian Army Reference Hospitals, Kaduna

²Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

ABSTRACT

Anxiety has been considered the most prevalent manifestation of psychological distress, a common cause of poor academic performance among students. The study aimed to assess gender and personality as predictors of anxiety among undergraduates in Enugu urban. A total of 504 undergraduate students, 182 males and 322 females aged 17- 30 years (M = 23.51, SD = 3.34) across 4 institutions in Enugu participated in the study. Two instruments were used: the Big Five Inventory (BFI) (Omoluabi, 2002. The BFI was originally designed by John, Donahue and Kentle, (1991) and Anxiety Scale for Undergraduate Students (ASUS) by Singhal (2015). Data was collected using the Big Five inventory and the Anxiety Scale for Undergraduate Students. Results obtained revealed that gender did not predict anxiety among undergraduate students in Enugu urban, while personality traits neuroticism, conscientiousness and openness were found to significantly predict student’s anxiety. This study, therefore, provides further evidence of the role of gender and personality in predicting anxiety among undergraduate students in Enugu urban, which must be explored in depth as a target of preventive interventions in the area of students’ mental health.

Key words: Anxiety, Gender, Personality, Undergraduate students

THE TEACHING OF FRENCH IN KADUNA STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS: DEVELOPING TEACHER’S DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

Ibrahim Adam                                  

Department of French

Faculty of Arts, Kaduna State University Kaduna, Nigeria

Email: adamibrahimalabi@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This work titled “The Teaching of French in Kaduna State Secondary Schools: Developing Teacher’s Development Policies” examines the place of French teaching and learning in the secondary schools in Kaduna, Nigeria. The essence of this work has remained to bring to the fore the glaring veracity that the place of French as entrenched in the National Curriculum of Nigeria and as required by the state is not taking its dimension. The work adopts questionnaire and interview techniques for the collection of data.   From the data collected, several factors are seen responsible for this problem ranging from remote cause like lack of French background, more value attached to English, lack of admission, negative attitude of the society and parents among others. The immediate causes include lack of interest, using English in a French class, lack of government support, expensive acculturation among others. The research has equally made recommendations that would be of importance to the improvement of French from both the teachers and the students’ perspective.