Papers by Doye Igbinedion
World Journal of Education, Feb 20, 2016
The study examined Governments' Involvement in Safety Management in Public Early Childhood Educat... more The study examined Governments' Involvement in Safety Management in Public Early Childhood Education Centres (ECECs) in Rivers State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study which adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised of five hundred and ten (510) ECECs in the twenty three (23) Local Government Areas in Rivers State. There were 205 supervisors and 2752 teaching staff of which 510 are head teachers. A sample of 120 ECECs was selected using the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. A total of 1000 respondents was used for the study. A questionnaire titled "Government Involvement in Safety Management in ECECs (GISMQ)"developed by the researchers, was the instrument used for the study. The questionnaire had a face and content validation and a reliability index of 0.80 was established using the Cronbach alpha statistics. The mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions while z test was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that the government was not involved in the training and retraining of ECECs staff, maintenance of facilities, provision of adequate fund for ECECs and the use of professionally trained security personnel. These practices could bring to naught all other efforts made at instituting safety management in schools as children become exposed to unnecessary dangers and hazards. It was recommended that provisions of adequate fund for ECECs be made by the government for its effective and smooth operation; Training and retraining of ECECs staff to update their knowledge on issues concerning child care; the use of professionally trained security personnel to beef up school security and maintenance of school facilities to ensure facilities relevance in providing safe school environment.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2018
The need for security management in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized with the rising trend of ter... more The need for security management in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized with the rising trend of terrorism in the country. The cities as well as the villages are no longer safe neither are the young or old safe as terror could come knocking, on any one and at any time. Backed by the Peaceful Coexistence and General systems theories, this study examined the task of educators in management of security in present day Nigeria. The need for character development and values reorientation useful in inculcating the right virtues, values and skills in her citizens in order to curb terrorism and promote peaceful coexistence in the country was established. Other tasks for educators include: being role models to students; organizing seminars, workshops and field trips in collaboration with other governmental and non-governmental anti-terrorism agencies; conducting proper background checks by the Teachers Registration Council before teachers are registered and eventually employed to have a one-on-one interaction with students; continuous review and implementation of school curriculum amongst others. It was concluded that educators are an indispensable tool in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria.
The study aimed at the effects of internet use on academic achievement and behavioural adjustment... more The study aimed at the effects of internet use on academic achievement and behavioural adjustment among adolescents in Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers State. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey design was adopted in this study. The major research instrument used for the collection of data was a structured questionnaire titled "Internet use and academic achievement questionnaire (IUAAQ) which is made up of twenty-four (24) test-items. These were constructed using the four (4) point likert rating. The instrument for the study was drafted and arranged by the researchers, after which it was taken two (2) experts in computer science department and Educational Psychology department for face and content validity. The instrument was administered to the respondents and was required to respond to the questionnaire on the spot. The major statistical tool used in the analysis of data collected was mean score (x). The stud...
World Journal of Education, Feb 20, 2016
The study examined Governments' Involvement in Safety Management in Public Early Childhood Educat... more The study examined Governments' Involvement in Safety Management in Public Early Childhood Education Centres (ECECs) in Rivers State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study which adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised of five hundred and ten (510) ECECs in the twenty three (23) Local Government Areas in Rivers State. There were 205 supervisors and 2752 teaching staff of which 510 are head teachers. A sample of 120 ECECs was selected using the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. A total of 1000 respondents was used for the study. A questionnaire titled "Government Involvement in Safety Management in ECECs (GISMQ)"developed by the researchers, was the instrument used for the study. The questionnaire had a face and content validation and a reliability index of 0.80 was established using the Cronbach alpha statistics. The mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions while z test was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that the government was not involved in the training and retraining of ECECs staff, maintenance of facilities, provision of adequate fund for ECECs and the use of professionally trained security personnel. These practices could bring to naught all other efforts made at instituting safety management in schools as children become exposed to unnecessary dangers and hazards. It was recommended that provisions of adequate fund for ECECs be made by the government for its effective and smooth operation; Training and retraining of ECECs staff to update their knowledge on issues concerning child care; the use of professionally trained security personnel to beef up school security and maintenance of school facilities to ensure facilities relevance in providing safe school environment.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2019
This study examined commercialisation of tertiary education as a correlate of economic recession ... more This study examined commercialisation of tertiary education as a correlate of economic recession in Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational survey design. The Taro Yamane’s formula was employed to draw the sample of 322 lecturers from the purposively chosen two federal universities using the convenience sampling technique. Data collecting instrument was the researcher’s structured questionnaire that was face validated by three experts. Data were analysed using the Pearsons’ correlation coefficient and linear regression. Findings revealed among others very high relationship between commercialization of tertiary education and economic recession in Nigeria. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made among which was the intensification of quality assurance mechanisms of the tertiary education system by the various commissions responsible for the programme to ensure quality manpower. Keywords: Commercialisation, tertiary education, economic, economic recession, Nigeria DOI ...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2018
The need for security management in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized with the rising trend of ter... more The need for security management in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized with the rising trend of terrorism in the country. The cities as well as the villages are no longer safe neither are the young or old safe as terror could come knocking, on any one and at any time. Backed by the Peaceful Coexistence and General systems theories, this study examined the task of educators in management of security in present day Nigeria. The need for character development and values reorientation useful in inculcating the right virtues, values and skills in her citizens in order to curb terrorism and promote peaceful coexistence in the country was established. Other tasks for educators include: being role models to students; organizing seminars, workshops and field trips in collaboration with other governmental and non-governmental anti-terrorism agencies; conducting proper background checks by the Teachers Registration Council before teachers are registered and eventually employed to have a one...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The principle of in-loco-parentis allows the teachers assume the responsibilities of a parent in ... more The principle of in-loco-parentis allows the teachers assume the responsibilities of a parent in discharging their duties in school. Based on this same principle, parents also have the right to sue teachers, school management, or the government for negligence, recklessness and other practices which do not depict the proper practice of in-loco-parentis. However, parents seem to also be engaged in certain practices that may not promote the proper practice of in-loco-parentis. This actually depicts a scenario of the pot calling the kettle black as parents accuse teachers for being guilty of unsafe practices they are also guilty of. The aim of this paper was to bring to light unsafe practices parents are engaged in, which do not promote the proper practice of in-loco-parentis in schools. . Keywords: Lacuna; practice of in-loco-parentis ; pot calling kettle black.
This study examined the extent to which effective leadership has enhanced entrepreneurial skills ... more This study examined the extent to which effective leadership has enhanced entrepreneurial skills for sustainable national development in Bayelsa State. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses formulated to guide the study.
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