Contribution Of Social Studies In Inculcating Citizenship Values In Jss In Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja

This research work focused on the contribution of social studies in inculcating citizenship values in JSS in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja. Seven research questions and seven null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out basically in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja. The population of the study consisted of four thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four (4,994) public junior secondary school teachers comprising Social Studies teachers and non-Social Studies teachers. Two hundred and fifty (250) public junior secondary school teachers comprising ninety (90) Social Studies teachers and one hundred and sixty (160) non-Social Studies teachers who were selected from eight (8) public junior secondary schools in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja. were selected as sample for the study. The sample size was selected through multi stage sampling procedure which was done through simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire instrument titled “Extent of Achievement of Social Studies Objectives Questionnaire (EASSOQ)” was used for data collection.

The instrument was face validated by three experts; two Social Studies experts and one Measurement and Evaluation expert. The instrument was trial tested on twenty (20) research subjects and Cronbach Alpha was used to test its reliability and an overall reliability co-efficient of 0.95 was obtained. The data obtained were statistically analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. Z-test statistical tool was employed in testing the formulated null hypotheses. The results indicated that Social Studies objectives of creating the awareness and understanding of social and physical environments, acquiring basic skills, acquiring relevant body of knowledge and information, appreciating the diversity and interdependency of members of local and national communities, creating awareness of interdependency of national and international communities, developing positive attitudes of togetherness, comradeship and cooperation towards a healthy nation and inculcating good citizenship behaviours in JSS students had been achieved to a high extent in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja. and not to a very high extent as expected. Based on these findings, the study recommended amongst others that professional Social Studies teachers should be recruited to teach Social Studies in junior secondary schools for effective teaching and learning of Social Studies and for achievement of Social Studies objectives to a very high extent as expected in junior secondary schools for peace, unity and national development in Nigeria. Finally, the study concluded that if Social Studies objectives are achieved to a very high extent as expected in junior secondary schools, students would be made to be functional, creative and patriotic citizens who would be capable to shun social evils and by that, enhance tolerance, unity and peace among the entire ethnic groups thereby encouraging national development in Nigeria.