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This study investigated peer group pressure as a determinant of adolescents' social adjustment in Nigerian schools, with a focus on the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State. Two null hypotheses were tested using a random sample of one hundred and twenty adolescents from four secondary schools in the Ikeja Local Government Area. The instrument was a self-designed questionnaire. The collected data were analysed using an independent t-test and a Pearson Product Moment Correlation...
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It is rewarding to begin this discussion by first of all reflecting on the concept of education. The termeducation is quite elusive and very difficult to pin down to a single definition. This is because numerousauthorities in different fields define and describe education as it appeals to them and their background.In any case, education is what help us to acquire suitable appreciation of our cultural heritage and tolive a fully more satisfying life. This includes the acquisition of desirable...
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We consider the professional development of in-service teachers and review traditional development efforts that have been used in the past. An alternative form of professional development using Japanese lesson study is proposed and discussed as a possibility. A case study involving the Mpumalanga Secondary Science Initiative, where lesson study was used, is described and its efficacy reviewed. The project was aimed at improving mathematics and science learning of secondary school learners...
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We consider the professional development of in-service teachers and review traditional development efforts that have been used in the past. An alternative form of professional development using Japanese lesson study is proposed and discussed as a possibility. A case study involving the Mpumalanga Secondary Science Initiative, where lesson study was used, is described and its efficacy reviewed. The project was aimed at improving mathematics and science learning of secondary school learners...
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We consider the professional development of in-service teachers and review traditional development efforts that have been used in the past. An alternative form of professional development using Japanese lesson study is proposed and discussed as a possibility. A case study involving the Mpumalanga Secondary Science Initiative, where lesson study was used, is described and its efficacy reviewed. The project was aimed at improving mathematics and science learning of secondary school learners...
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This study was designed to examine principals’ performance of internal supervision of instructions in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Data were collected from a sample of 604 out of 1640 teachers using stratified random sampling across urban and rural schools and a structured questionnaire was administered. Results showed a significant positive difference between urban and rural teachers in principals’ performance of supervisory functions, including classroom supervision...
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The study was carried out to determine factors affecting oral health care service utilization among a representative sample of junior secondary school children in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study was a cross sectional one in which self administered questionnaire was filled by each student. Data were collected on their socio-demographic characteristics, previous visit(s) to the dental clinic and reasons for the visit(s), reasons for non dental visits for those who have never visited the dentist,...
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Problem statement: Pollution of well water, either from point or non-point sources, has become a thing of health concern both in urban and rural areas.Approach: This study aim at assessing the pollution hazards of groundwater resource by sampling some shallow wells from urban and periurban area of Abeokuta.Collected samples were analyzed for water quality parameters using standard procedures.The parameters determined were: Static water level, color, turbidity, temperature, Electrical...
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Leadership encompasses the qualities that a good leader should possess: initiating actions among people; guiding activities in a given direction; maintaining such activities; and unifying efforts towards a common goal. This study attempted to investigate the principals’ decision-making competence as a correlate of crisis management in south-west Nigerian secondary schools. The paper also examines the gender influence on principals’ decision-making competence. A total of 1192 teaching...
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This paper discussed extensively Teachers’ Motivation and its influence on Quality Assurance in the Nigerian Educational System. The Nigerian educational system like wise the school is an arena which accommodates various resources (both human and material). These human resources including students, teaching and non-teaching staff are inputs that operate within the whims and caprice of this arena. Most essential of these inputs are the teachers that facilitate the teaching – learning process...