Part of theafrican studies commons, and thesocial work commons this article is brought to you for free and open access by the social work at. This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in ekiti state, nigeria. The social studies association of nigeria sosan is a professional body organized by and for persons who believe in. Effects of instructional materials on secondary schools. It examines how social studies was introduced as an experimental subject and later as a compulsory one in the primary and junior secondary school. A case analysis gloria mead jinadu university of lagos follow this and additional works at. Department of history and international studies, ekiti state university, adoekiti, ekiti state, nigeria. The universal basic education ube programme was introduced in nigeria in september, 1988. An attempt has been made in this paper to analyze the development of social studies education in nigeria. People can learn about the struggles in nigeria from social studies education and think about ways that they can improve living.
The changing role of education and implication for values and versa thornberg 2009, cheng, lee and lo 2006 observed that from the end of the eighteenth. Based on the secondary data piled up from the various journal articles, books, documents and seminar conference proceedings, the concept of social vulnerability is tried to discus in this research paper. Poverty alleviation in nigeria covenant university. The concept of social studies can be understood within the context of the objectives which. Patriarchy, male dominance, the role and women empowerment in nigeria abidemi r. The paper identifies those organizations that were responsible for its introduction and growth.
Abstract concepts provide general, theoretical understanding of social reality, while empirical concepts are usually commonsense descriptions of immediate perception. It also revealed that not all the teachers are social studies. Johnson held the view that proper historical inquiry had merits of its own, and found great fault in any study of history conditioned by present. Education in nigeria is overseen by the ministry of education.
D department of social science education, faculty of education, university of calabar, calabar nigeria abstract. The main concept of social studies is to learn about the history of our world and about the people, places, resources, and more about the place we live. Farmers cooperatives and agricultural development in. Social studies have many new concepts and terminology which s. How social studies educators see the essentiality of their. Thus it seeks to establish if social studies education students perception of teachers characteristics such as teachers competence in subject matter have a significant influence on students interest in the study of social studies education.
In this context, the historical development of the social studies course, the nature of the social studies, the concept of culture and the relationship between this concept and social studies are. Doc history of social studies in nigeria isaiah otse. Practice, problems and prospects adeyinka theresa ajayi1 and emmanuel oladipo ojo2 1. Most scholars believe that corruption is the only government official acts of abuse of power 1. The first section looks at terrorism as a concept, in other to have a clear understanding of the issue under consideration. Ogundare teaches in the department of social studies at oyo state college of education in ilesa, nigeria. Despite this fact, research on management and csr in africa is relatively scarce and to a large extent based on a developingdeveloped. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing statecontrolled policy regarding public education and state schools. To demonstrate the developmental nature of concept learning, the concepts and themes of the k12 social studies program are listed on each page of the scope and sequence.
The key concepts of the k12 social studies program are. The social studies should cultivate a sense of membership in the world community, with all the sympathies and sense of justice that this involves as among the different divisions of human society. Basic biological requirements, for reproduction and care of the young, are served by the institutions of marriage and family, for example, by creating, elaborating and prescribing the behaviors expected for husbandfather, wifemother, child, etc. Concept of social studies social studies a s a disci pline is gea red towards providing young people with opportunit y f or. Social studies has been defined severally by legion of scholars, writers, commissions, experts and nonexperts in the field of social studies, based on their perception, beliefs, specialization and prism. What are the definitions of social studies in nigeria by. The paper discusses the concept of poverty and elucidates the various methods of measurement used in evaluating poverty. Although the nigeria general election which was held in 2011 was relatively peaceful, however, it was also marked with some irregularities. International journal of humanities and social science vol.
The most serious problem facing nigeria today is the problems of unity. Causes of poverty in nigeria were also brought into perspective. Wang huning and huang bai lian defines corruption as nonpublic use of public power abuse and unfair exchange. An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of integration is perceived by social studies teachers. Asiyanbola department of geography and regional planning, faculty of the social sciences, olabisi onabanjo university, agoiwoye, ogun state. Recent curriculum reforms at the basic education level in. The focus on the concept of patriarchy and its effects on gender relations began to shift to other factors in gender relations like race, class, colonial history and others as other branches of feminism, like the postmodern feminism, came up. Following this, in 2008 the federal government of nigeria, through the nigerian educational research and development council nerdc developed and introduced the 9year basic education curriculum bec in schools by realigning all extant primary and junior secondary school curricula to meet the key. The significance of social learning theories in the teaching of social studies education edinyang, sunday david ph. For academic panorama, dubey and barth 1980, sees social studies as the process of education which utilizes the study of.
Department of social studies, adeyemi college of education, ondo, ondo state, nigeria. There is yet to be a clearer understanding about the history of social studies in nigeria, which has posed to be a problem to the planners of social studies curriculum for authors and writers, the teachers and the learners. Social studies teachers in the various levels of education in nigeria. Promotion of value awareness, teaching of basic level of social studies for good citizenship education, tolerance, peaceful coexistence for a proper interethnic understanding among the people of nigeria are proffered in the study. Social studies education in nigeria the challenge of. May 2014 163 in addition to the values and principles of cooperatives, studies have been conducted on wide varieties of issues relating to the importance of cooperative societies. When and how 266 centrality and importance to the debates for societal change.
Social studies curriculum for nigeria should consider the peculiar problems of the country. Corporate social responsibility from a nigerian perspective. The goals and objectives of social studies education vary from society to society. This process of concept formation is ongoing, stimulated by active, meaningful involvement, and developmental in nature. The education system is divided into kindergarten, primary education, secondary education and tertiary education. In the second segment, the paper gives overview terrorism in nigeria, while the trends and patterns of terrorism in nigeria were examined in the third section. The research of corruption as a specific concept of public administration in china began in the 1980s and 1990s. Often, this takes the form of proposals for giving high priority to such issues as human rights, economics, the environment, drug traffic, epidemics, crime, or social injustice, in addition to the traditional concern with. For decades, the country was a british colony until 1960 when it gain independence and because a federal republic in 1963. The inclusion of social studies in the curriculum right from primary to secondary classes signifies the importance of the subject and the role it plays in a students life. Social learning theories deal with the ability of learners to imbibe and display the. In the united states education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science. Social studies is incorporated in the school curriculum through a combination of subjects like history, geography, cultural studies, economics, political science.
Historical development of social studies in nigeria. Social studies is a field of study that seeks to unify the diverse subjects of history, politics, economics, sociology, geography and anthropology, ultimately aiming toward a comprehensive understanding of society. The journal of international social research volume 2 8 summer 2009 teacher education curriculum in nigeria in the perspective of lifelong education 297 and few by the government to produce elementary teachers grade iii and higher elementary certificate teachers grade ii. The aims and objectives of the current social studies curriculum jar with the issues that some participants identified as being relevant to their daily lives. Concepts and themes for social studies flippedtips. Nigerias central government has been dominated by instability since declaring independence from. Social studies concern itself with human beings, those most fascinating of all creatures who, in a variety of ingenious ways, can device means of meeting their basic needs and developing a social system in a wide range of different environment. Social studies is a subject that addresses societal problems. Testretest method and estimation of internal consistency was used to ascertain the reliability.
The instrument was validated by specialists in social studies test and measurement and educational management. Marketing concept as pathway to better quality living. As a nation, nigeria has encountered numerous tribulations and crises through her turbulent years of. During the 1970s, when oil prices rocketed, nigeria looked set to become the shining example of a prosperous and democratic west african republic but perversely managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. As such the social studies programme should be planned in order to urge nigerians to do. The importance of social studies in the school curriculum.