STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE

The study investigated the influence of Social Studies education on students’ attitude towards environment conservation in public junior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and answered. The descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. The population for this study was made of all the 5,109 public junior secondary school students in the 12 public junior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The sample size for the study was made up of 120 respondents. For data analysis, mean and standard deviation were used to calculate the research findings. The findings from the study include that there is a positive attitude of students towards environment conservation in public junior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. It was concluded that there is a significant influence of Social Studies on students’ attitudes and behaviours towards protecting and preserving their immediate environment. The study recommended among others that teachers of Social Studies should be provided with regular training and workshops on modern methods of teaching environmental conservation, ensuring that lessons are both engaging and impactful.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Assessment of Student’s Attitude toward the Learning of Basic Science in Junior secondary schools in Oredo local government area of Edo State A descriptive survey research design was employed in this study. five(5) research questions were raised to guide the study. The target population of the study consists of eighty two thousand five hundred and two (80,502) junior secondary school students ,with sample size of one hundred (100) JSS 2 students in Oredo local government areathrough simple random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by content and face by my project supervisor and two other experts in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology ; while the test- re test reliability method was adopted to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation.