Analysis of Akan Essien’s Dialogue of Angels ABSTRACT The problem in Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber is as a result of corruption and quest for money and political power. Embezzlements of public’s funds have lead to the tussle between Senate majority and minority members in the house, sequel to these, the upper house which supposed to…
ABSTRACT: This research work was a comparative study of students performance in mathematics among students from wealthy home and poor home background. The primary objective of this research was to investigate the influence of home background on academic performance of Minna Metropolis students in mathematics. The research methodology utilizes Spearman Correlation coefficient in the analysis…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Speech sounds are also called phonemes. A phoneme is the smallest part of spoken language that makes a difference in meaning. Phonemes are speech sounds. Letters are used to represent sounds. This will be especially important when we begin counting the phonemes in words. For example, the…
Special Methods in Teaching and Learning of Business Education INTRODUCTION Business Studies is a dynamic course which prepares students for the challenges of the 21st century by introducing them to the world of business. Umezulike and Okoye (2013) considered business studies as the key agent of economic and technological development either as a way…
Educational Implications of Mcgregors Theory on Teaching Method McGregor’s Theory X and Y: McGregor propounded theories x and y which explain the nature of man as viewed by different schools of thought. Ifeagwu (2000) summarized them as shown below. Theory x The average human being has an inherent dislike for work and will avoid it…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study There is growing interest in the professional development of educators as the demands, ex-pectations, and requirements of teacher educa- tion increasingly come under scrutiny (Louhran 2014). What the teacher does, influences, the whole process of learning. Effective teacher produces better performing students (Akiri 2013). Van den Bergh…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study School resources form an integral part of the educational system and are observed as a potent factor in qualitative and quantitative education. According to Akande (2009), learning can occur through one’s interaction with the environment. The environment here refers to resources that are available to facilitate students’…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study One of the greatest threats to Education, social, economic, and political development of any nation is corruption. Therefore, the challenges of corruption remain a major devastating issue facing Nigeria since the colonial period, although, this phenomena has become a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics…
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The word “patriarchy” comes from the Greek. ‘Patria’ which means father while “arche” means rule. Thus, patriarchy means rule of the father. Truly, African society is patriarchy in nature because, men dominate and control the women in all areas. Mitchell, a feminist psychologist uses the term “patriarchy”…
Abstract: This research work examines the Gender Discourse in Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter. In examining the two authors from a feminist point of view, their works focus on the issue of cultural discrimination, gender violence, patriarchy domination and the effects of polygamy and it affects the women emotionally…