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Literacy In The Information Age: How Prepared Are The Teachers?, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Literacy In The Information Age: How Prepared Are The Teachers?, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Changes in the society, cultural and political milieu of a people affect their definition of who a literate person is. In this age of information technology, being literate, for most countries, has gone beyond having the reading, writing and numeracy skills to include the ability to use the computer and other digital technologies. Consequently, deficiency in this context of literacy places individuals, societies and nations in the backwaters of development. Nigeria is fast joining these countries as over 80% of her job advertisements are for those who are computer literate. This paper is interested in finding out the extent lecturers …
An Assessment Of Students’ Connectedness In Tertiary Institutions In Anambra State Of Nigeria, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
An Assessment Of Students’ Connectedness In Tertiary Institutions In Anambra State Of Nigeria, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
The transition from the confines of the home to higher institutions means a different dimension of life for most students. These students need to feel supported and cared for by the new community or the school family to which they are now part. Students’ perception of this condition leads to their connectedness to the school and the school activities. This connection is very important for the reduction of deviant behaviours, increase in learning oriented activities as well as active participation of graduates in the growth of their alma mater. This study looked at the school connectedness of tertiary students as …
Ict In Girl-Child Education: The Teacher Element, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Ict In Girl-Child Education: The Teacher Element, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Female illiteracy has been identified as one of the major obstacles to social, political and economic development in most countries of the world, particularly African countries. This situation caught the attention of the United Nations particularly, UNESCO, UNICEF, individual governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is elating to know that these interventions have yielded immense fruit that most African countries have managed to get parity between boys and girls enrolment in primary and secondary schools. However, there exist problems of performance, drop-out and low enrolment in science and technology courses amongst others. Fortunately, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) promise to …
An Assessment Of The Climate For Creativity In Secondary Schools In Awka South Local Government Area., Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi N. Agu Phd, Christy O. Odimegwu
An Assessment Of The Climate For Creativity In Secondary Schools In Awka South Local Government Area., Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi N. Agu Phd, Christy O. Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Creativity is the driver of innovations and advancement in any human society. Educational institutions have a major role to play in fostering creativity in their students by creating environment that is challenging and supportive for the teachers and the students. This work, using a survey design, identifies and assesses the level of climate for creativity in the secondary schools in Awka South Local Government of Anambra State. It used a sample of 329 secondary school teachers. A research question and a hypothesis guided the study. A 48-item questionnaire developed with insight from Ekvall’s (1996) dimensions of creativity climate measure was …
Development Of Scale For Assessing Students’ Entrepreneurship Readiness In Tertiary Insitutions: Initial Psychometric Evaluation, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Development Of Scale For Assessing Students’ Entrepreneurship Readiness In Tertiary Insitutions: Initial Psychometric Evaluation, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Entrepreneurship education in Nigeria is perceived as a means of developing youth employment and poverty alleviation. The readiness of students to become entrepreneurs would be greatly influenced by adequacy and accuracy of the assessment of students’ entrepreneurship preparation. While many authors have acknowledged that entrepreneurship competencies cannot be effectively assessed by written examination, little has been done to develop a scale capable of doing this job. This work therefore described the development and initial evaluation of the psychometric properties of Students’ Entrepreneurship Readiness (SERS) using a sample of 450 undergraduates. The scale was found to possess sufficient reliability as shown …
Integrated Teacher Evaluation Model (Item): A Lift To Instructional Improvement And Quality Education In Nigeria, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Integrated Teacher Evaluation Model (Item): A Lift To Instructional Improvement And Quality Education In Nigeria, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
It is has been one of the nation‟s greatest challenges to provide quality education for the populace being that she has taken education to be an instrument for national development. Having acknowledged that teachers are at the heart of education system, it is paramount that teacher quality is assured through effective evaluation. Teacher evaluation has been under some worrisome trend for a long time now. The annual ritual evaluation involving external supervisors‟ and principals‟ observations and ratings do not appear to address the problem of sieving the wheat from the chaff, a action necessary to lift education from its current …
Graduates’ Employability Skills For Today’S Workplace: A Groundwork For Assessment, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Graduates’ Employability Skills For Today’S Workplace: A Groundwork For Assessment, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
Many scholars, economists, researchers and experts have admitted that global competition and rapid technological advances have changed intensely and will continue to drastically transform the nature and content of the world of work, along with the skills required to get the job done. To meet this challenge, it is necessary to determine the critical workplace competencies which have been variously defined as employability skills, and to ensure that they are integrated and infused in tertiary school curriculum. However a review of literature across scholars and nations who have been pursuing this topic shows different lists of these employability skills. The …
Increasing Teacher Efficiency Through Ict Usage In Tertiary Education, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Increasing Teacher Efficiency Through Ict Usage In Tertiary Education, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi, Ngozi Agu, Christy Odimegwu
Prof Ada Sam Omenyi
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