Eugene Okorie | University of Nigeria, Nsukka (original) (raw)
Papers by Eugene Okorie
Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether forma... more Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether formal or informal. Reading is a receptive skill, which involves the ability to meaningfully interpret or decode written or graphic symbols of language. Through reading, the hidden treasure of knowledge is unfolded; knowledge is gained thereby empowering individuals to share and also participate in the world’s universal culture and civilization. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that every one including children imbibe reading culture so as to unlock the world, treasure of knowledge. This study is of great importance as today's children spend hours trapped under derivative distractions such a television, computers, and associated technologies targeted to children. It becomes then imperative to reawaken reading culture among the children who are faced with competing leisure time choices. One of the ways of helping children to imbibe reading culture is to get them reading ready. Th...
This paper offers a theoretical explanation of vulcanisation of latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P... more This paper offers a theoretical explanation of vulcanisation of latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P.Beauv) using sodium sulphite (Na 2 SO 3) solution under low temperature. The author proposes reaction routes in vulcanising the latex and suggests a structure for vulcanised rubber. The study set out to answer the question: what happens in chemical reactions involving natural rubber of which the latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P. Beauv) is composed, and what is the reaction mechanism during its vulcanisation? Latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P. Beauv) is one of the local plant materials identified in Nigeria for teaching some Organic Chemistry concepts in secondary schools. The latex has been used in a laboratory-based experiment to teach secondary schools students the concept of vulcanisation of rubber, but not with the conventional method of vulcanisation.
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2016
Is students' achievement in chemical bonding a function of their gender and school location? This... more Is students' achievement in chemical bonding a function of their gender and school location? This question and two hypotheses guided the study. Pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used, with a population of 5,966 senior secondary class one (SS1) chemistry students in 57 senior secondary schools in Nsukka education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. Adopting purposive sampling technique, nine schools were selected to draw 311 SS1 students. Intact classes were used. Instruments for data collection were Students' Interest Scale on Chemical Bonding (SISCB) and Chemical Bonding Achievement Test (CBAT). The instruments were validated and had reliability coefficients of 0.68 and 0.87 respectively. Regular chemistry teachers of the selected schools taught the students using instructional software package method of teaching (ISPMT). Research questions were answered, using descriptive statistics. The hypotheses were tested using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) at P < 0.05 level of significance. Result of the study showed that (i) mean achievement score (10.09) of female students was higher than that (8.02) scored by the male students; (ii) mean achievement score of rural students (9.06) was higher than that of the urban students (8.76); (iii) gender as a main effect on students' achievement in chemical bonding is not significant at p < 0.05; and (iv) location as a main effect on students' achievement in chemical bonding is significant at p < 0.05. The educational implications of the research findings for students, teachers and teacher-training institutions are discussed and recommendations made.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2014
Teachers using traditional lecture method find it difficult to communicate the concept of chemica... more Teachers using traditional lecture method find it difficult to communicate the concept of chemical bonding to students; and students find it difficult to learn the concept. The trend in the 21 st century learning is the use of computer and software packages to facilitate teaching-learning process. This study set out to develop and validate a software package for teaching chemical bonding in secondary schools. The study produced chemical bonding instructional software package (CBISP), adopting the procedure suggested in FTCESP-model for teacher-made computer educational software package. It also produced an instrument for validation of the software package. The internal consistency (α) of the Chemical Bonding Instructional Software Package (CBISP) has a value of 0.781, obtained by Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance method used in determining it. The author asserts that the procedure adopted in the development and validation of the CBISP is a veritable way of ensuring sustainable supply of relevant software packages in the school system.
The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant t... more The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to the society and participate actively in the economy of nations. To acquire these special skills and knowledge, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) comes to the fore to drive the education system. In Nigeria, the National Policy on Education recognises the importance and place of ICT in ‘advancing knowledge and skills in the modern world’, but serious effort to provide ‘necessary infrastructure and training for the integration of ICT in the school system ’ as stated in the policy is yet to be seen. Most public and private primary and secondary schools lack the basic infrastructure, and teachers are yet to be ICT literate. Relevant educational software packages, especially for education in chemistry are scarce. There is need, as part of the chemistry teacher education programme, to include courses in ICT that will enable the chemistry teachers to construct teacher-made educati...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether forma... more Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether formal or informal. Reading is a receptive skill, which involves the ability to meaningfully interpret or decode written or graphic symbols of language. Through reading, the hidden treasure of knowledge is unfolded; knowledge is gained thereby empowering individuals to share and also participate in the world’s universal culture and civilization. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that every one including children imbibe reading culture so as to unlock the world, treasure of knowledge. This study is of great importance as today's children spend hours trapped under derivative distractions such a television, computers, and associated technologies targeted to children. It becomes then imperative to reawaken reading culture among the children who are faced with competing leisure time choices. One of the ways of helping children to imbibe reading culture is to get them reading ready. Thi...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2013
Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with... more Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with the attendant loss of status both within the sub-Saharan Africa and the world at large. This paper is focused on sustainability of tertiary education through quality assurance and development. It examined the dwindling status and challenges facing higher education in Nigeria. It also identified critical areas for quality assurance and development, and suggested the need for adoption of technology-based teaching and learning as a way of improving the quality of higher education in Nigeria. Keywords: Sustainability, tertiary-education, quality assurance, development.
Education 3-13, 2015
This study set out to ascertain the effect of Instructional Software Package Method of Teaching (... more This study set out to ascertain the effect of Instructional Software Package Method of Teaching (ISPMT) on students' interest and achievement in chemical bonding. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used for the study. The population consisted of 5,966 senior secondary class one (SS1) chemistry students in 57 senior secondary schools in Nsukka education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. Adopting purposive sampling technique, nine schools were selected. The sample consisted of 311 SS1 students. Intact classes were used. Instruments for data collection were Students' Interest Scale on Chemical Bonding (SISCB) and Chemical Bonding Achievement Test (CBAT). The instruments were validated and had reliability values of 0.68 and 0.87 respectively. Regular chemistry teachers of the selected schools taught the students. For the control group, the teachers used traditional lecture method (...
This study set out to determine the relationship between computer anxiety, operation skills, stud... more This study set out to determine the relationship between computer anxiety, operation skills, students’ attitude towards the use of computer and students’ preparedness for computer based assessment. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of the study comprised all the students who registered and wrote Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka centre for the year 2015. A sample of 400 students was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a 40 items 4-point Likert-scale questionnaire developed by the researchers. Three experts in measurement and evaluation in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka validated the instrument. Cronbach’s alph method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items and the overall reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.85. The researchers used direct delivery method in the administration and retrieval of the questionnaire from the responden...
Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century l... more Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century learning. However, experiential evidence shows that teachers do not use computers in teaching chemistry concepts, even as specifically recommended by the curriculum. Reasons for this are often attributed to absence of computers and ICT facilities in schools, teachers' lack of necessary skills and poor knowledge of how to use the computer and software packages. There are cases however, where the facilities are available in schools and teachers have basic knowledge and skills needed to use the computer to facilitate the teaching-learning process. Expectation has been that the situation in such schools would be different from the rest of the schools, where the facilities are lacking and teachers do not have the necessary skills. This study set out to investigate the attitude of Nigerian secondary school chemistry teachers towards the use of computer instructional software package in teac...
The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant t... more The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to the society and participate actively in the economy of nations. To acquire these special skills and knowledge, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) comes to the fore to drive the education system. In Nigeria, the National Policy on Education recognises the importance and place of ICT in ‘advancing knowledge and skills in the modern world’, but serious effort to provide ‘necessary infrastructure and training for the integration of ICT in the school system’ as stated in the policy is yet to be seen. Most public and private primary and secondary schools lack the basic infrastructure, and teachers are yet to be ICT literate. Relevant educational software packages, especially for education in chemistry are scarce. There is need, as part of the chemistry teacher education programme, to include courses in ICT that will enable the chemistry teachers to construct teacher-made educatio...
Transylvanian Review, 2016
Gender is suspected to interact with method to influence students’ interest in chemical bonding. ... more Gender is suspected to interact with method to influence students’ interest in chemical bonding. Two research questions and three hypotheses guided the study, with a population of 5,966 senior secondary class one (SS1) chemistry students in 57 senior secondary schools inEnugu State,Nigeria. Adopting purposive sampling technique, nine schools were selected and 311 students drawn in intact classes. Validated instrument: Students’ Interest Scale on Chemical Bonding (SISCB), with reliability coefficient of 0.68 was used. Regular chemistry teachers of the selected schools taught the students using instructional software package method of teaching (ISPMT) for experimental group; traditional lecture method (TLM) for the control group. Research questions were answered, using descriptive statistics; and the hypotheses tested, using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) at P < 0.05 level of significance. Result of the study showed that the interaction of gender and method on students’ interest i...
This study set out to ascertain which among experienced and more experienced teachers gained more... more This study set out to ascertain which among experienced and more experienced teachers gained more knowledge of chemistry curriculum, in a continuing professional development (CPD) programme for secondary school chemistry teachers. Two research questions guided the study: What is the mean score of teachers in Chemistry Curriculum Knowledge Test for Teachers (CCKTT) before and after exposure to workshop experiences? What is the mean score of experienced and more experienced teachers in CCKTT before and after exposure to workshop experience? Two null hypotheses, HO1: There is no significant difference in the mean score of teachers in CCKTT before and after exposure to workshop experiences; and HO2: There is no significant difference in the mean score of experienced and more experienced teachers before and after exposure to workshop experience, were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study used informal experimental design, precisely, before-and-after without control design. A sa...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2013
Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with... more Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with the attendant loss of status both within the sub-Saharan Africa and the world at large. This paper is focused on sustainability of tertiary education through quality assurance and development. It examined the dwindling status and challenges facing higher education in Nigeria. It also identified critical areas for quality assurance and development, and suggested the need for adoption of technology-based teaching and learning as a way of improving the quality of higher education in Nigeria.
The 21st century world is a knowledge society and a lot of emphasis is placed on possession of kn... more The 21st century world is a knowledge society and a lot of emphasis is placed on possession of knowledge and skills. 21st century teachers are therefore expected to possess, to a great extent, pedagogic content knowledge (PCK), discipline-based knowledge (D-bK) and curriculum content and context knowledge (CCCK). These aspects of knowledge are essential for teachers to deliver lessons effectively and efficiently to students. Deficiency in any of these aspects of knowledge is bound to bear on teachers’ effectiveness, and consequently reflect on students’ learning and learning outcome. Secondary school students’ underachievement in chemistry has often been associated with teachers’ poor knowledge of the teaching curriculum on which students’ learning is based. This study set out to ascertain how knowledgeable teachers are about the chemistry curriculum which they implement in schools. The study shows that about 80% of teachers are knowledgeable about the various dimensions of the new ...
With proliferation of instructional software packages in the school system, there is need to have... more With proliferation of instructional software packages in the school system, there is need to have acceptable standard for quality expected of both teacher-made and commercially produced educational software packages; and an instrument for determining such expected standard quality. These are challenges that must be surmounted, in order to ensure that only relevant educational software packages are used in the school system. This paper reports a study in which an instrument for determining the quality of teacher-made computer instructional software package was developed and tested. The study also showed how teachers could determine the quality, not only of their own made instructional software packages, but also those commercially produced and supplied for use in the school system.
Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century l... more Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century learning. However, experiential evidence shows that teachers do not use computers in teaching chemistry concepts, even as specifically recommended by the curriculum. Reasons for this are often attributed to absence of computers and ICT facilities in schools, teachers' lack of necessary skills and poor knowledge of how to use the computer and software packages. There are cases however, where the facilities are available in schools and teachers have basic knowledge and skills needed to use the computer to facilitate the teaching-learning process. Expectation has been that the situation in such schools would be different from the rest of the schools, where the facilities are lacking and teachers do not have the necessary skills. This study set out to investigate the attitude of Nigerian secondary school chemistry teachers towards the use of computer instructional software package in teac...
1. Abstract Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education w... more 1. Abstract Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether formal or informal. Reading is a receptive skill, which involves the ability to meaningfully interpret or decode written or graphic symbols of language. Through reading, the hidden treasure of knowledge is unfolded; knowledge is gained thereby empowering individuals to share and also participate in the world's universal culture and civilization. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that every one including children imbibe reading culture so as to unlock the world, treasure of knowledge. This study is of great importance as today's children spend hours trapped under derivative distractions such a television, computers, and associated technologies targeted to children. It becomes then imperative to reawaken reading culture among the children who are faced with competing leisure time choices. One of the ways of helping children to imbibe reading culture is to get them re...
As a strategy to achieve some of the objectives of Nigeria's National Information Technology ... more As a strategy to achieve some of the objectives of Nigeria's National Information Technology (IT) policy (1988), the education system in Nigeria at all levels is being restructured to respond to pedagogical needs of 21 st century learning in which computer plays a crucial role. Some of the objectives of Nigeria's IT policy (1988) are to: empower Nigerians to participate in software and IT development; encourage local production and manufacture of IT components in a competitive manner and to integrate IT into the mainstream of education and training. Nigeria's education system needs relevant educational software packages at this present stage of the nation's development. It is therefore pertinent that those aspiring to design and develop software packages for the Nigerian education system should be well trained and equipped, in order to appreciate those inputs needed to be made to produce educational software packages that satisfy the nation's need for relevant an...
The 21st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to... more The 21st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to the society and participate actively in the economy of nations. To acquire these special skills and knowledge, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) comes to the fore to drive the education system. In Nigeria, the National Policy on Education recognises the importance and place of ICT in ‘advancing knowledge and skills in the modern world’, but serious effort to provide ‘necessary infrastructure and training for the integration of ICT in the school system’ as stated in the policy is yet to be seen. Most public and private primary and secondary schools lack the basic infrastructure, and teachers are yet to be ICT literate. Relevant educational software packages, especially for education in chemistry are scarce. There is need, as part of the chemistry teacher education programme, to include courses in ICT that will enable the chemistry teachers to construct teacher-made education...
Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether forma... more Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether formal or informal. Reading is a receptive skill, which involves the ability to meaningfully interpret or decode written or graphic symbols of language. Through reading, the hidden treasure of knowledge is unfolded; knowledge is gained thereby empowering individuals to share and also participate in the world’s universal culture and civilization. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that every one including children imbibe reading culture so as to unlock the world, treasure of knowledge. This study is of great importance as today's children spend hours trapped under derivative distractions such a television, computers, and associated technologies targeted to children. It becomes then imperative to reawaken reading culture among the children who are faced with competing leisure time choices. One of the ways of helping children to imbibe reading culture is to get them reading ready. Th...
This paper offers a theoretical explanation of vulcanisation of latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P... more This paper offers a theoretical explanation of vulcanisation of latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P.Beauv) using sodium sulphite (Na 2 SO 3) solution under low temperature. The author proposes reaction routes in vulcanising the latex and suggests a structure for vulcanised rubber. The study set out to answer the question: what happens in chemical reactions involving natural rubber of which the latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P. Beauv) is composed, and what is the reaction mechanism during its vulcanisation? Latex of Landolphia Owariensis (P. Beauv) is one of the local plant materials identified in Nigeria for teaching some Organic Chemistry concepts in secondary schools. The latex has been used in a laboratory-based experiment to teach secondary schools students the concept of vulcanisation of rubber, but not with the conventional method of vulcanisation.
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2016
Is students' achievement in chemical bonding a function of their gender and school location? This... more Is students' achievement in chemical bonding a function of their gender and school location? This question and two hypotheses guided the study. Pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used, with a population of 5,966 senior secondary class one (SS1) chemistry students in 57 senior secondary schools in Nsukka education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. Adopting purposive sampling technique, nine schools were selected to draw 311 SS1 students. Intact classes were used. Instruments for data collection were Students' Interest Scale on Chemical Bonding (SISCB) and Chemical Bonding Achievement Test (CBAT). The instruments were validated and had reliability coefficients of 0.68 and 0.87 respectively. Regular chemistry teachers of the selected schools taught the students using instructional software package method of teaching (ISPMT). Research questions were answered, using descriptive statistics. The hypotheses were tested using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) at P < 0.05 level of significance. Result of the study showed that (i) mean achievement score (10.09) of female students was higher than that (8.02) scored by the male students; (ii) mean achievement score of rural students (9.06) was higher than that of the urban students (8.76); (iii) gender as a main effect on students' achievement in chemical bonding is not significant at p < 0.05; and (iv) location as a main effect on students' achievement in chemical bonding is significant at p < 0.05. The educational implications of the research findings for students, teachers and teacher-training institutions are discussed and recommendations made.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2014
Teachers using traditional lecture method find it difficult to communicate the concept of chemica... more Teachers using traditional lecture method find it difficult to communicate the concept of chemical bonding to students; and students find it difficult to learn the concept. The trend in the 21 st century learning is the use of computer and software packages to facilitate teaching-learning process. This study set out to develop and validate a software package for teaching chemical bonding in secondary schools. The study produced chemical bonding instructional software package (CBISP), adopting the procedure suggested in FTCESP-model for teacher-made computer educational software package. It also produced an instrument for validation of the software package. The internal consistency (α) of the Chemical Bonding Instructional Software Package (CBISP) has a value of 0.781, obtained by Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance method used in determining it. The author asserts that the procedure adopted in the development and validation of the CBISP is a veritable way of ensuring sustainable supply of relevant software packages in the school system.
The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant t... more The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to the society and participate actively in the economy of nations. To acquire these special skills and knowledge, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) comes to the fore to drive the education system. In Nigeria, the National Policy on Education recognises the importance and place of ICT in ‘advancing knowledge and skills in the modern world’, but serious effort to provide ‘necessary infrastructure and training for the integration of ICT in the school system ’ as stated in the policy is yet to be seen. Most public and private primary and secondary schools lack the basic infrastructure, and teachers are yet to be ICT literate. Relevant educational software packages, especially for education in chemistry are scarce. There is need, as part of the chemistry teacher education programme, to include courses in ICT that will enable the chemistry teachers to construct teacher-made educati...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether forma... more Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether formal or informal. Reading is a receptive skill, which involves the ability to meaningfully interpret or decode written or graphic symbols of language. Through reading, the hidden treasure of knowledge is unfolded; knowledge is gained thereby empowering individuals to share and also participate in the world’s universal culture and civilization. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that every one including children imbibe reading culture so as to unlock the world, treasure of knowledge. This study is of great importance as today's children spend hours trapped under derivative distractions such a television, computers, and associated technologies targeted to children. It becomes then imperative to reawaken reading culture among the children who are faced with competing leisure time choices. One of the ways of helping children to imbibe reading culture is to get them reading ready. Thi...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2013
Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with... more Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with the attendant loss of status both within the sub-Saharan Africa and the world at large. This paper is focused on sustainability of tertiary education through quality assurance and development. It examined the dwindling status and challenges facing higher education in Nigeria. It also identified critical areas for quality assurance and development, and suggested the need for adoption of technology-based teaching and learning as a way of improving the quality of higher education in Nigeria. Keywords: Sustainability, tertiary-education, quality assurance, development.
Education 3-13, 2015
This study set out to ascertain the effect of Instructional Software Package Method of Teaching (... more This study set out to ascertain the effect of Instructional Software Package Method of Teaching (ISPMT) on students' interest and achievement in chemical bonding. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used for the study. The population consisted of 5,966 senior secondary class one (SS1) chemistry students in 57 senior secondary schools in Nsukka education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. Adopting purposive sampling technique, nine schools were selected. The sample consisted of 311 SS1 students. Intact classes were used. Instruments for data collection were Students' Interest Scale on Chemical Bonding (SISCB) and Chemical Bonding Achievement Test (CBAT). The instruments were validated and had reliability values of 0.68 and 0.87 respectively. Regular chemistry teachers of the selected schools taught the students. For the control group, the teachers used traditional lecture method (...
This study set out to determine the relationship between computer anxiety, operation skills, stud... more This study set out to determine the relationship between computer anxiety, operation skills, students’ attitude towards the use of computer and students’ preparedness for computer based assessment. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of the study comprised all the students who registered and wrote Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka centre for the year 2015. A sample of 400 students was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a 40 items 4-point Likert-scale questionnaire developed by the researchers. Three experts in measurement and evaluation in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka validated the instrument. Cronbach’s alph method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items and the overall reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.85. The researchers used direct delivery method in the administration and retrieval of the questionnaire from the responden...
Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century l... more Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century learning. However, experiential evidence shows that teachers do not use computers in teaching chemistry concepts, even as specifically recommended by the curriculum. Reasons for this are often attributed to absence of computers and ICT facilities in schools, teachers' lack of necessary skills and poor knowledge of how to use the computer and software packages. There are cases however, where the facilities are available in schools and teachers have basic knowledge and skills needed to use the computer to facilitate the teaching-learning process. Expectation has been that the situation in such schools would be different from the rest of the schools, where the facilities are lacking and teachers do not have the necessary skills. This study set out to investigate the attitude of Nigerian secondary school chemistry teachers towards the use of computer instructional software package in teac...
The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant t... more The 21 st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to the society and participate actively in the economy of nations. To acquire these special skills and knowledge, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) comes to the fore to drive the education system. In Nigeria, the National Policy on Education recognises the importance and place of ICT in ‘advancing knowledge and skills in the modern world’, but serious effort to provide ‘necessary infrastructure and training for the integration of ICT in the school system’ as stated in the policy is yet to be seen. Most public and private primary and secondary schools lack the basic infrastructure, and teachers are yet to be ICT literate. Relevant educational software packages, especially for education in chemistry are scarce. There is need, as part of the chemistry teacher education programme, to include courses in ICT that will enable the chemistry teachers to construct teacher-made educatio...
Transylvanian Review, 2016
Gender is suspected to interact with method to influence students’ interest in chemical bonding. ... more Gender is suspected to interact with method to influence students’ interest in chemical bonding. Two research questions and three hypotheses guided the study, with a population of 5,966 senior secondary class one (SS1) chemistry students in 57 senior secondary schools inEnugu State,Nigeria. Adopting purposive sampling technique, nine schools were selected and 311 students drawn in intact classes. Validated instrument: Students’ Interest Scale on Chemical Bonding (SISCB), with reliability coefficient of 0.68 was used. Regular chemistry teachers of the selected schools taught the students using instructional software package method of teaching (ISPMT) for experimental group; traditional lecture method (TLM) for the control group. Research questions were answered, using descriptive statistics; and the hypotheses tested, using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) at P < 0.05 level of significance. Result of the study showed that the interaction of gender and method on students’ interest i...
This study set out to ascertain which among experienced and more experienced teachers gained more... more This study set out to ascertain which among experienced and more experienced teachers gained more knowledge of chemistry curriculum, in a continuing professional development (CPD) programme for secondary school chemistry teachers. Two research questions guided the study: What is the mean score of teachers in Chemistry Curriculum Knowledge Test for Teachers (CCKTT) before and after exposure to workshop experiences? What is the mean score of experienced and more experienced teachers in CCKTT before and after exposure to workshop experience? Two null hypotheses, HO1: There is no significant difference in the mean score of teachers in CCKTT before and after exposure to workshop experiences; and HO2: There is no significant difference in the mean score of experienced and more experienced teachers before and after exposure to workshop experience, were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study used informal experimental design, precisely, before-and-after without control design. A sa...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2013
Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with... more Tertiary education in Nigeria has witnessed rising and falling within the past three decades with the attendant loss of status both within the sub-Saharan Africa and the world at large. This paper is focused on sustainability of tertiary education through quality assurance and development. It examined the dwindling status and challenges facing higher education in Nigeria. It also identified critical areas for quality assurance and development, and suggested the need for adoption of technology-based teaching and learning as a way of improving the quality of higher education in Nigeria.
The 21st century world is a knowledge society and a lot of emphasis is placed on possession of kn... more The 21st century world is a knowledge society and a lot of emphasis is placed on possession of knowledge and skills. 21st century teachers are therefore expected to possess, to a great extent, pedagogic content knowledge (PCK), discipline-based knowledge (D-bK) and curriculum content and context knowledge (CCCK). These aspects of knowledge are essential for teachers to deliver lessons effectively and efficiently to students. Deficiency in any of these aspects of knowledge is bound to bear on teachers’ effectiveness, and consequently reflect on students’ learning and learning outcome. Secondary school students’ underachievement in chemistry has often been associated with teachers’ poor knowledge of the teaching curriculum on which students’ learning is based. This study set out to ascertain how knowledgeable teachers are about the chemistry curriculum which they implement in schools. The study shows that about 80% of teachers are knowledgeable about the various dimensions of the new ...
With proliferation of instructional software packages in the school system, there is need to have... more With proliferation of instructional software packages in the school system, there is need to have acceptable standard for quality expected of both teacher-made and commercially produced educational software packages; and an instrument for determining such expected standard quality. These are challenges that must be surmounted, in order to ensure that only relevant educational software packages are used in the school system. This paper reports a study in which an instrument for determining the quality of teacher-made computer instructional software package was developed and tested. The study also showed how teachers could determine the quality, not only of their own made instructional software packages, but also those commercially produced and supplied for use in the school system.
Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century l... more Pedagogy in the 21 st century relies on the use of ICT in achieving objectives of 21 st century learning. However, experiential evidence shows that teachers do not use computers in teaching chemistry concepts, even as specifically recommended by the curriculum. Reasons for this are often attributed to absence of computers and ICT facilities in schools, teachers' lack of necessary skills and poor knowledge of how to use the computer and software packages. There are cases however, where the facilities are available in schools and teachers have basic knowledge and skills needed to use the computer to facilitate the teaching-learning process. Expectation has been that the situation in such schools would be different from the rest of the schools, where the facilities are lacking and teachers do not have the necessary skills. This study set out to investigate the attitude of Nigerian secondary school chemistry teachers towards the use of computer instructional software package in teac...
1. Abstract Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education w... more 1. Abstract Reading is one of the important skills of language. It is a basic tool of education whether formal or informal. Reading is a receptive skill, which involves the ability to meaningfully interpret or decode written or graphic symbols of language. Through reading, the hidden treasure of knowledge is unfolded; knowledge is gained thereby empowering individuals to share and also participate in the world's universal culture and civilization. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that every one including children imbibe reading culture so as to unlock the world, treasure of knowledge. This study is of great importance as today's children spend hours trapped under derivative distractions such a television, computers, and associated technologies targeted to children. It becomes then imperative to reawaken reading culture among the children who are faced with competing leisure time choices. One of the ways of helping children to imbibe reading culture is to get them re...
As a strategy to achieve some of the objectives of Nigeria's National Information Technology ... more As a strategy to achieve some of the objectives of Nigeria's National Information Technology (IT) policy (1988), the education system in Nigeria at all levels is being restructured to respond to pedagogical needs of 21 st century learning in which computer plays a crucial role. Some of the objectives of Nigeria's IT policy (1988) are to: empower Nigerians to participate in software and IT development; encourage local production and manufacture of IT components in a competitive manner and to integrate IT into the mainstream of education and training. Nigeria's education system needs relevant educational software packages at this present stage of the nation's development. It is therefore pertinent that those aspiring to design and develop software packages for the Nigerian education system should be well trained and equipped, in order to appreciate those inputs needed to be made to produce educational software packages that satisfy the nation's need for relevant an...
The 21st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to... more The 21st century society requires special skills and knowledge from individuals to be relevant to the society and participate actively in the economy of nations. To acquire these special skills and knowledge, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) comes to the fore to drive the education system. In Nigeria, the National Policy on Education recognises the importance and place of ICT in ‘advancing knowledge and skills in the modern world’, but serious effort to provide ‘necessary infrastructure and training for the integration of ICT in the school system’ as stated in the policy is yet to be seen. Most public and private primary and secondary schools lack the basic infrastructure, and teachers are yet to be ICT literate. Relevant educational software packages, especially for education in chemistry are scarce. There is need, as part of the chemistry teacher education programme, to include courses in ICT that will enable the chemistry teachers to construct teacher-made education...