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Geography Teachers And Students Perception Of Factors Affecting Students Performance In Geography Examination
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The term ‘‘examination’’ or
‘‘test’ has been defined as an instrument or systematic procedure for
measuring a sample of a person’s behaviour with a view to evaluating
that behaviour against standards i.e. in comparism with a given domain
of performance tasks (criterion-referenced) or against norms i.e in
comparism with others in the group (norm-referenced) (Gage and Berliner,
1979, Gronlund,1985).
Geography’s role is specifically stated in
Section 4(6A) where geography has been listed as one of the core
subjects at the Senior secondary level (now section 5(25A)). Students
are expected to select ;One of Literature-in-English, History, Geography
or Religious Studies as the core subject. Geography has also been
grouped as part of the body of elective subjects. Therefore, every
student will be expected to select three of those subjects depending on
the choice of career up to the end of the second year and may drop one
of the non-compulsory subjects out of the nine subjects in the last year
of the senior high school course. The geography curriculum has special
feature which include:
a. The provision of a geography
curriculum that is based on the choice of suitable and relevant
themes,units, contents, teaching materials, sstudents’ activitiies,
teaching aids and evaluation.
b. The reductionn in the scope and
content of the subject matter of senior secondary school geography
without loosing the high quality required at that level.
c. The
inclusion of innovative elements into the teaching of syllabus through
the emphasis placed on ther practical geography throughout the 3-year
course and the introduction of geographic principles, concepts and
skills that are relevant to current trends in the discipline and useful
for solving environmental problems.
1.2BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Education
is noted as an instrument of change by different experts and
professionals in the field of education. Education has been defined in
various ways to emphasize different aspect of this crucial concept.
According to Obafemi Awolowo “education is that process of physical and
mental culture whereby a man’s personality is developed to the fullest.
Also, Alfred North White says that “education is not just the
acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge. This is the
concept of education for functional living within one’s milieu, the art
of utilizing knowledge for one’s benefit and for the betterment of the
society.
Educational activities in Nigeria were first carried out
informally. This was known as indigenous education where the aim was to
transmit the cultural heritage of the society through generations).
After which is the Islamic education which came to Nigeria around the
14th century following the arrival of Islamic Religion. The arrival of
the Europeans in 1842 (the arrival of the Wesley Missionary Society) was
the beginning of Western Education. The western education later-on
metamorphosed or led to Nigeria developing her own educational system
that suits it. This subsequently brought about the 6-3-3-4 system of
education (though there were others before it i.e. 7-5-3 system) which
was developed in 1969 (the 1969 National curriculum conference), which
implies six (6) years of primary school, three (3) years of junior
secondary, three (3) years of senior secondary’ and at least four (4)
years of tertiary education.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The summary of this finding is on teachers and students perception of factors affecting students performance in Geography Examinations. The study has been able to identify the three hypotheses statement that were tested and rejected using chi-square methods of statistics. Hence, the three hypotheses were rejected. The three hypotheses identified the teachers and students perception of factors affecting students performance in Geography Examinations. The findings showed that m ... Continue reading---
