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Social Studies Teachers View Of The Introduction Of Religion And National Values Curriculum In Upper Basic Education
[A CASE STUDY OF OYO STATE]
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Religion is a major force in human affairs and as such should be included in the social studies curriculum. This ERIC Digest examines
(1) Reasons for including religion in the curriculum
(2) The current status of religion studies in school
(3) Guidelines for including religion in the social studies curriculum
(4) Ideas for teaching religion in the social studies
It is impossible to understand much of history without knowing about religion. If student are to comprehend and interpret their world, they must learn about religion and its influence on civilization of the past and present if student are to know and values the civilization, they must learn about the Judaic-Christian Underpinning of their heritage, and must be able to identify and appreciate the religion qualities at the core of our mainstream America/Africa culture.
For most social studies teachers, teaching about religion conjures up thoughts of local Ministers and parent visiting the school to demand that the teacher stop or even resign. Many teachers and administrator argue that including religion in the curriculum is unconstitutional and point to two Famous Supreme Court decision (Engle vsvitale, 1962) and (Abingdon vs. Schempp,1963) as proof. These two cases, however, provide solid legal and intellectual support for teaching about religion in social studies classes. The key word in this issue is “about†in applying the establishment clause of first amendment while these decisions do prohibit Bible reading, school sponsored morning devotions, prayers and they do not prevent teachers from teaching about religion as a significant force in human affairs.
Statement of the Problem
Upper Basic School curriculum is designed as a prerequisite for Junior Secondary school curriculum. This is the reason in most cases there is a direct linkage between the subject or topics in the Upper Basic class and subject or topic in Junior Secondary School. Thus, in most cases students see the beginning of the Junior Secondary school (especially Senior Secondary School one (S.S.S1) as a continuation of Upper Basic class or school because there will always be components of upper basic school subject or topic in Junior secondary subject or topics.
More so, several researches have been carried out over time to look at the adequacy of the Junior Secondary School subjects. For instance; Nnadozie (1986) and Mansary (1990) carried out a study on performance in Geography and History of students with and without social studies background in the lower form of secondary. They observed that the knowledge of social studies can affect the performance of students in those two subject. Olutokun (2002) examined teacher evaluation of Geography components of Junior Secondary School social studies curriculum. He observed that the component of Geography in social studies was adequate. Adegboye (2002) studies teachers’ assessment of Economics components of Junior Secondary School social studies. He also submitted that the components of Economics in social studies were adequate.
However, the present study investigate in introduction of religion and National Value of Upper Basic junior Secondary School in Ibadan metropolis with a view to see whether the components of this curriculum is adequate or not, This is the gap the present study attempt to fill.
Purpose of the Study
The general purpose of this research work is to find out the introduction of Religion and National values in Upper Basic Education.
The specific purpose of this study included the following to
1. Ascertain the level of awareness of the teachers and other major stakeholders in implementing the Revised 9-year BEC
2. Ascertain how well equipped the teachers are in implementer the revised 9-year BEC
3. Identify ways of improving the implementation of the revised 9-year BEC
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CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]NCSS finally urges state education leaders, ‘textbook publishers and teachers, educators to strengthen study about religion in public schools by acting on the recommendation contained in this statement.VALUE are defined broadly as the principle and developmental convictions which acts as general guides to behavior, the standards by which particular actions are judged or good or desirable (Halstead and Taylor 2000).Values education itself requires also some definition as the explicit consci ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODOLOGYThis Chapter focuses on the techniques and procedure that would be used in carrying out this study. It will be present at under the following sub-heading.a. Research Designb. Population c. Research instrument d. Validity and Reliability e. Administration of the instrument f. Method of data Analysis Research Design This research work is designed primarily to study the social studies Teachers view of the introduction of Religion ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Research Question 6-76. The inclusion of introduction of Religion and Natural value has direct influence on students academic7. Religion and National values lag students behind in all other subject in schools. The above table shows that 90 represents 70% both agreed and strongly Agreed of direct influence while 35 represents 30% for Disagree and strongly Disagree, while, item 7 for 94 represent for 75.2% and 31 represents 24.8% for disagree and strongly disagree respectively. Researc ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESummary, Implication of finding, Conclusion, Recommendation and SuggestionSummary This chapter deals with the summary and recommendations, the previous chapters are summarized the conclusion discusses. The end product of the whole work while the recommendation suggests the area that need attention and concentration. However, the research in his study of research work analysed the effect ofOyo state social studies teachers view of the introduction of religion and national ... Continue reading---
