Papers by bernadette egede
Women in national development: the challenges of recession and corruption in Nigeria
International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies
Female Part Time Students’ Perceptions of Their Empowerment: A Case for Sustaining Womens’ Opportunity to Acquire Higher Education in Nigeria
Social Science Research Network, Dec 16, 2017
Part time Education programmes in Teacher Education Institutions are designed to aid the achievem... more Part time Education programmes in Teacher Education Institutions are designed to aid the achievement of Education for All (EFA) goals, especially in giving opportunity to those who experienced delay in enrolling in Tertiary Institutions. Studies have shown that the programmes usually attract more female students, who could not study in the full time mode especially in their earlier years of age. This study assessed the perception of the female students on the impact of their studies in empowering them for greater productivity in their families and society. The population of this study is made up of final year students in the four types of part time programmes of the College in the 20014/2015 session. The sample is made up of 146 students (out of 150) who were available at the time of data collection. The programmes are: the weekend Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE); the Weekend Degree; the Sandwich NCE and the Part time Degree. Their perceptions were obtained using a structured questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using percentages and mean ratings (). The results showed that the female students perceived that their studies so far have imparted positively their capability, disposition, attitudes and aspirations in the following specific areas: • Confidence to perform leadership roles in the society () • Realization of the importance of early education of the girl child () • Confidence to support equal education of both boys and girls in the family () • Desire to study further if given the opportunity () • Disposition that marriage should not disrupt the education of girls () • Opportunity to support family income significantly () • Understanding the limitation of females who are not educated from contributing their best in the society () • Confidence to aspire for higher positions and jobs in the society () These results which portray profound reality elucidate the potential of the part time programmes to enhance the self concept and productivity of women who dare to rise to the challenge of their low level of education. These female students formed 65% of the total number of students in that session, with 15% of them in the age range below 25years, 72% in the range (25-40years) while 13% are above 40years.Their perceptions imply that the experiences, knowledge and skills which they acquired during their studies could empower them to encourage the girl children in the families to enroll for and complete their higher education before marriage. Recommendations based on these result are focused on the ways to re-position these part-time programmes so as to sustain their potentials in empowering women for overall national development. One of such ways is to organize separate accreditation of the part time programmes so as to ensure their quality just as it is done for the full time mode.
Numerous researches have demonstrated that admission requirements into teacher training instituti... more Numerous researches have demonstrated that admission requirements into teacher training institutions have influence on the quality of teachers produced and consequently on the achievement of students. In addition, the diversities in the quality of entrants into teacher training institutions provide reasonable divide between developed and developing nations of the world. This study aims to assess the pre-service teachers' competencies in literacy and numeracy skills at the entry point and at the end of their second year in tertiary institutions in Delta State of Nigeria. Two tests were used to assess the literacy and numeracy skills. The findings of this study suggest that the competencies of the pre-service teachers in literacy and numeracy skills were average and very low respectively both at the entry point and after the second year of their training. However, there was significant growth in the competencies of the pre-service teachers in both literacy and numeracy skills within the period. The results also suggest that secondary school location of the pre-service teachers had an influence on their level of competence in literacy unlike numeracy skills. These results indicate to a need to re-visit the quality of entrants into the teacher training institutions in order to produce high quality teachers.
Frontiers in Education Technology, 2021
The global community is currently harnessing the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 Education respo... more The global community is currently harnessing the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 Education response, to build more resilient education systems. This can effectively be achieved via empirical evidence of the experiences of all stakeholders in education in all nations during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The purpose of this study was to explore student factors in the lecturers’ experience of their online emergency remote teaching (ERT) in the College of Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using a quantitative descriptive design, the lecturers completed a structured questionnaire about their online ERT experiences. The findings suggest that generally, the students chose the familiar WhatsApp (chat and voice) messaging as against the use of zoom and other platforms for the ERT. Top students’ challenges are:unpreparedness for the ERT.experience of unavailable/unstable network/internet access andinability to purchase enough data.In addition, student...
Frontiers in Education Technology, 2021
Students’ absenteeism from lectures in tertiary institutions is a universal phenomenon which appa... more Students’ absenteeism from lectures in tertiary institutions is a universal phenomenon which apparently transcends beyond countries, institutions and course disciplines. This study explored the views of 156 students from Colleges of Education, Polytechnic and Universities from Delta and Edo States on the reasons for their absenteeism from lectures. A survey research design and a 20-item Likert questionnaire were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using SPSS-23 computer package. The results showed the following, as strong reasons for absenteeism from lectures.Poor students’ personal dispositions (e.g., laziness/lack of self-motivation to study, X = 3.13: emotional trauma, X = 3.13).Societal problems (e.g. dependence on examination mal-practice and bribery for success in examinations, X = 3.12). Health Issues (e.g., Sickness/weakness, X = 3.09).Lecturer-factors (e.g., boring teaching methods X = 3.04).Peer pressure, (e.g., distracting peer influences X = 3.03).Poverty related fac...
Multiple measures capturing different aspects of teacher educators’ performances, including analy... more Multiple measures capturing different aspects of teacher educators’ performances, including analysis of artefacts, self-report and student survey are being encouraged in teacher evaluation. The current professional standards developed by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) in Nigeria included the use of students’ observation of some aspects of teacher educators’ practices in their evaluation. In this study, the teacher educators’ performance on some of the professional standards was assessed using students’ ratings. A questionnaire was used to gather the required data. The findings of this study suggest that the students perceived that the teacher educators exhibited the following attributes i. Foster scientific enquiry within instructional framework. ii. Create enabling learning environment. iii. Use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate students’ progress. iv. Demonstrate professional values and practices that support teacher education programm...
International Journal of Research in Education and Sustainable Development, 2021
The nexus between academic performance, nutrition and eating habit is globally recognized to the ... more The nexus between academic performance, nutrition and eating habit is globally recognized to the extent that it has inspired various strategies such as ‘school feeding programmes’ in many nations including Nigeria. This correlational study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between the eating habits of primary school pupils and their academic performance, using a survey design. Fifty pupils in two intact classes from two schools in rural areas, formed the sample. Data was collected using interviewer-questionnaire, coupled with naturalistic observation, for the eating habits and their results from the term’s examination done within the same periodin the schools. The data was analyzed using SPSS – 23 to determine the correlation coefficients. The results suggest that there is strong relationship between pupils’ eating habits, in terms of frequency of feeding, quality of feeding pattern, and quality of breakfast and their academic performance. In addition, the pupils perceived that...
Female Enrolment in Part – Time Programmes in College of Education, Agbor, Delta State: Implications for Women’s Acquisition of Higher Education
Social Science Research Network, Sep 30, 2018
Nigeria has been making concerted efforts by participating in regional and global interventions a... more Nigeria has been making concerted efforts by participating in regional and global interventions and campaigns aimed at achieving gender equality in education. An ongoing international intervention is the African Women's Decade (AWD) which gives regular report of the state of gender equality in participating nations. Review reports of AWD show that there is profound gender inequality in enrolment especially in higher (tertiary) education in disfavour of women in Nigeria. In the same vein, recent studies show the preponderance of females in some conventional part time mode of study in higher institutions, which is seen as a positive sign. To explore these issues, the College of Education, Agbor, is used as a case study. The study employed a descriptive survey design and drew upon available data from documents on enrolment for the five types of part time programmes run in the College; the sandwich (for Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), the Weekend NCE, the Outreach programmes (NCE); the regular part-time for first degree in Education and the Weekend degree programme. The study specifically determined the status of female enrolment in the programmes from documents which are officially available from 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 academic session. Five research questions guided the study. Simple percentages and Chi-square statistics were used to analyse the data. Bar Charts were used to make the female-male enrolment status more vivid. The results showed that female enrolment surpassed male enrolment significantly in all the part-time NCE programmes (sandwich, weekend and outreach) considered in this study. With the exception of physics political science and geography education subjects the disparity in enrolment status observed in the regular part time degree programme was in favour of the females, for the remaining 13 subjects, considered in this study. The weekend degree programme attracted more females than males also. It is hoped that the observed gender gap in favour of women in the part-time programmes will sensitize all stakeholders, the higher institutions, and the government on the inherent potential of this mode of study for the achievement of gender equality in education. Recommendations are made on the ways this potential could be harnessed in Nigeria, to achieve gender equality in higher education (tertiary education), without compromising standards. The major recommendations include: Subsidizing the cost of studying in various categories of part-time programmes in higher education for women, subjecting the part-time programmes to accreditation along side the full-time ones so as to ensure quality, and increasing the accessibility of these programmes in terms of location for women in Nigeria.
African Journal of Studies in Education (AJOSE), University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria), 2013
The driving force for any transformation agenda is national development which depends on human ca... more The driving force for any transformation agenda is national development which depends on human capital development. The extent to which a transformation agenda succeeds depends on a lot of factors that are peculiar characteristics of nations at the period. This paper surveys the importance of teachers in national development as an obvious background to adequate preparation of teachers. The importance accorded to the status of teachers in the global community is presented as a factor that can control the preparation of teachers in any nation. The paper shows that the laudable strategies which the country seeks to implement in transforming the preparation of teachers meet international standards, but peculiar challenges are encountered in Nigeria. The high global rankings of Nigeria in terms of corruption, poverty, examination malpractice, and unemployment are among the peculiar challenges. Using the example of nations that succeeded in the preparation of teachers for national development, a position is presented in this paper; that preparation of teachers for national development should be pursued concurrently with ethical turnaround .
This paper focused on practical approaches to establishing a positive classroom climate by basic ... more This paper focused on practical approaches to establishing a positive classroom climate by basic education teachers. The major goals of reducing dropout syndrome, and acquisitions of numeracy and literacy skills, set out to be achieved in the UBE programme, are envisioned to be achievable through the creation of positive classroom climatic. The paper presented general strategies which are inherent in creating a positive classroom. The practical approach which centered on creating leverage by teachers is elucidated. An example of a teacher's method of creating a positive classroom climate that resulted in staying in school is included. In conclusion, the empowerment of basic education teachers with capacity and skills and required motivation will enable them to establish a positive classroom climate in schools using the practical approaches discussed in this paper. The establishment of a positive classroom climate will consequently help in reducing the dropout rate at the basic education level.
African Journal of Studies in Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 2013
The preparation of teachers is a central factor for national development because of its key role ... more The preparation of teachers is a central factor for national development because of its key role in human capital development. Nigeria is focusing on transforming teacher education as part of its effort in achieving national development. Laudable visions of the quality of teacher education desired for national development have been expressed. This paper discusses the visions, policies, plans, objectives, and strategies which have been guiding the efforts to achieve quality teacher education. Focusing on the preparation of teachers for basic education at Colleges of Education, the extent to which the strategies have been translated into action is analyzed. Suggestions for turning the visions into reality are provided in this paper.
Contemporary Journal of Educational Research (COJER), 2014
One of the challenges of the Nigeria vision 2020 is the production of quality teachers who will r... more One of the challenges of the Nigeria vision 2020 is the production of quality teachers who will raise the standard of education, especially at the Basic Education level. This paper describes the enhanced quality assurance system introduced into Colleges of Education, and its implications for the roles of teacher educators (especially lecturers) in preparing NCE teachers.
Agbor Journal of Science Education, 2002
This study examines how parents’ socio-economic status correlates with students’ performance in s... more This study examines how parents’ socio-economic status correlates with students’ performance in sciences. A judgment sample of 200 SSS II students from five Secondary Schools in Aniocha (North and South) Local Government Areas of Delta State was used for the study. Students’ grades in the J.S.S.C.E. in Integrated science were correlated with measures of socio-economic status obtained from the study, using Spearman-Brown correlation coefficients and chi-square statistical analysis. It was found that there is a significant relationship between the level of education of parents (r=0.543), their occupation (r=0.527), availability of educational/technological gadgets at home (r=0.493), and their performance in Integrated Science. Generally, there is a significant relationship between the socio-economic status of parents and students’ performance in Integrated Science (r=0.601). This result has implications for enhancing achievement in the sciences.
Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 1998
It is not possible to plan for effective education of Physics-related Professionals and obtain su... more It is not possible to plan for effective education of Physics-related Professionals and obtain successful results without concurrent planning of a qualitative education of the teachers. That of the associated teachers must accompany any consideration for a desirable education of a group of persons in an area of academic discipline. This paper examined the understanding of qualitative education of physics teachers for the various levels of Physics teaching. The current structure of Physics teacher education programmes is discussed. The impacts of the current structure on the present system of education are x-rayed as issues of concern. A translation of the issues into working ideas for qualitative education of teachers of Physics and Physics-related professionals formed the main thrust of this paper. In conclusion, the education of the Physics teacher, which would lead to the desired development in related academic discipline, is a possibility, when the content of the teacher education curriculum is planned along with the same goals.
Frontiers in Education Technology, 2021
Students’ absenteeism from lectures in tertiary institutions is a universal phenomenon which appa... more Students’ absenteeism from lectures in tertiary institutions is a universal phenomenon which apparently transcends beyond countries, institutions and course disciplines. This study explored the views of 156 students from Colleges of Education, Polytechnic and Universities from Delta and Edo States on the reasons for their absenteeism from lectures. A survey research design and a 20-item Likert questionnaire were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using SPSS-23 computer package. The results showed the following, as strong reasons for absenteeism from lectures.Poor students’ personal dispositions (e.g., laziness/lack of self-motivation to study, X = 3.13: emotional trauma, X = 3.13).Societal problems (e.g. dependence on examination mal-practice and bribery for success in examinations, X = 3.12). Health Issues (e.g., Sickness/weakness, X = 3.09).Lecturer-factors (e.g., boring teaching methods X = 3.04).Peer pressure, (e.g., distracting peer influences X = 3.03).Poverty related fac...
Reasons for Students' Absenteeism from Lectures in Selected Tertiary Institutions in Delta and Edo States of Nigeria: The Students' Views
Frontiers in Educational Technology, 2021
Students' absenteeism from lectures in tertiary institutions is a universal phenomenon which ... more Students' absenteeism from lectures in tertiary institutions is a universal phenomenon which apparently transcends beyond countries, institutions and course disciplines. This study explored the views of 156 students from Colleges of Education, Polytechnic and Universities from Delta and Edo States on the reasons for their absenteeism from lectures. A survey research design and a 20-item Likert questionnaire were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using SPSS-23 computer package. The results showed the following, as strong reasons for absenteeism from lectures.
Frontiers in Education Technology, 2021
The global community is currently harnessing the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 Education respo... more The global community is currently harnessing the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 Education response, to build more resilient education systems. This can effectively be achieved via empirical evidence of the experiences of all stakeholders in education in all nations during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The purpose of this study was to explore student factors in the lecturers' experience of their online emergency remote teaching (ERT) in the College of Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using a quantitative descriptive design, the lecturers completed a structured questionnaire about their online ERT experiences. The findings suggest that generally, the students chose the familiar WhatsApp (chat and voice) messaging as against the use of zoom and other platforms for the ERT. Top students' challenges are: unpreparedness for the ERT.
Student Teachers' Readiness to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to teach: Exploring the influence of Gender
Academia Letters
International Journal of Research in Education and Sustainable Development, 2021
The upside of the global adverse effect of COVID-19 pandemic on education is the development of f... more The upside of the global adverse effect of COVID-19 pandemic on education is the development of flexible teaching/learning options such as virtual/online teaching/learning as a response. It became necessary to train and retrain teachers to utilize and sustain adequately these innovative modes of learning which emerged. A planned orientation and training were organized for lecturers in the College of Education, Agbor, to enable them to acquire basic skills to teach online during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. This study was aimed to evaluate the perceptions of the lecturers on their ability to teach online after the training. A survey design was used to obtain the lecturers' selfratings. The results obtained suggest that the lecturers perceived that the training enabled them to:- Acquire enough skills to teach online with technical assistance. Use WhatsApp text, audio and video messaging, SMS, and Email to teach online. They did not perceive that the training enabled them to:- Use Zoom to teach online. Acquire skills to teach online without technical assistance. Their gender and teaching subjects had no significant influence on their perceptions. Generally, the lecturers perceived that they acquired skills to teach online using the most familiar basic tools, but they needed technical assistance. Since there is prevalent COVD-19 lockdown due to emerging new variants in various nations, strategies that can be used to enhance the capacities of lecturers, through retraining, to teach online are recommended.
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