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Issues and controversies are part of student variables and characteristics in science learning. Not many teachers are prepared for the kinds of challenges that are capable of engendering new ideas and innovations when they occur in the science classroom. This study investigated the nature of conflicts that are generated in the science classroom. One hundred and four lessons taught by 15 pre-service science teachers in a few Nigerian secondary schools were analyzed. Fifteen negative conflicts...

The importance and linkage of education to the development of any society is well known. It is in recognition of this importance that the international community and governments all over the world have made commitments for citizens to have access to education while also improving on the quality of education. Hence, this study focuses on education, particularly achieving Universal Primary Education under the auspices of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with Oyo State as the case...

This study examined taxpayers’ education as a key strategy in achieving voluntary compliance in Lagos State. The objective of the study is to examine the impact of tax education programme on tax payment compliance behaviour. The study novel based on the extended research instruments adopted compared to earlier studies. This paper adopted a survey research method which is quasi-experimental form of design in nature. A simple random sampling technique was used to sample 250 Taxpayers in Lagos...

Malaria and HIV are major causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with both diseases highly endemic in Nigeria. This study was conducted to assess the effect of long lasting insecticide treated net (ITN) use and malaria preventive education on burden of malaria parasite among people living with AIDS (PLWHA) at Osogbo southwestern Nigeria.A descriptive cross-sectional study of newly recruited consenting PLWHA that were screened consecutively for malaria, those positive were...

This article presents a case study aimed at describing and exploring the needs for — and provision of — formal support in South African primary schools, examining, in particular, the significance of organisational development in addressing the needs of teachers. Educational projects are often focused on the needs of learners and learner well-being and little is being done to understand the well-being of teachers. The qualitative methodology was decided upon in order to address the question...

Aim and Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and morphological patterns of non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) in University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Data of surgical biopsies from the skin received at the Department of Histopathology over a 26-year period (from January 1982 to December 2007) were reviewed. The sources of information were surgical pathology day books, duplicates of histology request form and...

This study examined some school variables and teachers’ attitude to work for effective teaching. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The respondents were 216 teachers which were randomly selected from 90 secondary schools. An Instrument, Teachers’ Attitude to Teaching Inventory (TATI), comprising 30 items, was used to collect data. The TATI elicited information on different aspects of teaching including presentation, assessment and use of instructional materials. The study was...

Studies on classroom design, most especially in Nigerian secondary schools, are seriously lacking. With particular focus on selected teachers in Ogun State, this ex-post facto research examined classroom design and its influence on teachers’ performance in teaching job. A total of 128 participants were randomly selected from 16 secondary schools in Ijebu Ode and 128 questionnaires titled ‘Scale on Classroom Design and Teachers Performance’ (SCDTP) with reliability co-efficient of 0.82...

This study investigated the effectiveness of cooperative learning strategy on Nigerian Junior Secondary students' attitudes toward learning basic science. Quasi experimental pretest - posttest control group design was used by the researcher to carry out the study. The treatments were at two levels cooperative learning strategy (jigsaw II) and conventional lecture method (control). The moderating variable was gender (male and female).Total number of one hundred and fifty students (150)...

Investigations into the factors that influence academic performance of female students in secondary schools have attracted the interest and concern of teachers, counselors, psychologists, researchers and school administrators in Nigeria. Different factors are capable of influencing the academic performance of female students, such factors range from family background, socio-economic status of the parents and other environment factors like; availability of suitable learning environment,...

Moving from pedagogy to paideia (Py-dee-a) in planning entails practical civic engagement and authentic dialogue with the community through collaborative rationality in planning education in Nigeria. Planning education is changing from the normal spaces (classroom) to the virtual spaces (online teaching, Webinar, Twitter, Facebook, blogging, LinkedIn etc.) and the adoption of GIS and other new technologies. Pedagogy is the art/science of teaching, which is the methodology while paideia is...

Micro-teaching and teaching subject methodology as correlates of science students' achievement in Teaching Practice exercise in Nigerian Colleges of Education was investigated in this study. The study adopted a survey research design of the ex-post facto type. The sample comprised 210 part three science students of 2011/2012 academic session of College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Two research hypotheses were formulated for the study. Data were collected through an inventory and...

Environmental conditions and hygiene practices under which foods are prepared and served for public consumption are a matter of concern.The study was conducted to investigate the impact of training of food providers on environmental conditions of food service outlets (FSO) in and around a university community in Southwestern Nigeria.Structured questionnaire and "Spot Check Observation" (SCO) were used to assess the hygiene practices and environmental condition of the FSO respectively.Sixteen...

Thefocus of this study was on the effects of colour on the performance of dyslexic pupils in Abuja, Nigeria. The study made use of observational scale to find the frequency and percentages of performance of dyslexic pupils when exposed to coloured visual learning materials such as coloured boards, flash cards, coloured pen, coloured papers and charts to read. The study is a one-way experimental design; therefore it involved two groups in which a single independent variable was manipulated....

Teaching is one of the oldest professions in modern Nigeria. The advent of the Christian missionaries who introduced western education culminated into the evolution of teaching profession. For ease of communication, educating the Africans had to go along with evangelistic activities. This put teachers in elite position in the society and possessed good positive image. With the rise of other professions, the honor accorded teachers drastically wane down, and so their commitments to teachings...

This article investigates the effectiveness of South African broadcasting stations 1, 2, &3 as agents of socialisation in high schools among learners in Esikhawini. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were applied to examine and identify the kinds of programmes that affect learners positively and negatively. The research instrument that was used to collect data was questionnaire and five high schools were involved in this study and 100 questionnaires were administered to each high school...

The study investigated farmers adaptation strategies to the effect of climate variation on yam production in Ekiti State with the specific objectives of assessing the socio-economic characteristics of farmers, farmers’ climate related constraints, the adaptation strategies employed by farmers, and yam farmers’ level of production across the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. Multistage sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty one respondents from the list of contact farmers...