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Download full textAyinde, Oluwafeyisayomi; Olasehinde-Williams, F. A. O. – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2020
Children with deviant behaviours display difficulties adjusting to the classroom environment and also show social skill deficits, and low academic performance. This paper examined the psychosocial problems and academic achievement of deviant pupils in basic schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. This study was a descriptive survey research method of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Antisocial Behavior, Foreign Countries, Public Schools
Direct linkOnoyase, Anna – Education, 2019
This study investigated Principals' Perception of misconduct among Secondary School teachers in Delta State. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The instrument used for collection of data was tagged "Principals' Perception of Teachers Misconduct Questionnaire" (PPOTMQ). For content validity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Behavior
Onoyase, Anna – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
This study investigated Principals' Perception of misconduct among Secondary School teachers in Delta State. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The instrument used for collection of data was tagged "Principals' Perception of Teachers Misconduct Questionnaire" (PPOTMQ). For content validity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Behavior
Adika, Lawrence Olagoke – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study investigated perceived indices of truancy behaviour among selected adolescents in Oyo town. The descriptive survey study had 200 randomly selected adolescents from five secondary schools in Oyo town. A self-designed instrument tagged Adolescent Truancy Scale (ATS) was employed in collecting data for the study and the data was subjected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Truancy, Adolescents, Surveys
Pur, Hamsatu Joseph; Liman, Mukhtar Alhaji; Ali, Domiya G. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study was carried out on the students' perception of the causes and effect of teachers' psychological abuse in senior secondary schools in Borno State, Nigeria. Different forms of psychological abuse, perceptions, causes and effect of psychological abuse were discussed. The main objective of the study is to determine the perception of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Antisocial Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Gender Differences
Ebong, Samuel T. – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
The study investigated parental background on student's academic performance in secondary schools in Abak local government, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. A survey design was adopted for the study. One thousand four hundred and forty (1440) senior secondary three (SS3) Physics students were drawn by simple random sampling from 12 Schools, six (6) each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Background, Parent Influence, Secondary School Students
Udoh, Nsisong A.; Joseph, Eme U. – World Journal of Education, 2012
The study sought the opinions of Faculty of Education Students of University of Uyo on the behavioural problems of juvenile street hawkers in Uyo metropolis. Five research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. This cross-sectional survey employed multi-stage random sampling technique in selecting 200 regular undergraduate students in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Undergraduate Students
Asaya, Samuel Adetunji – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
The vices rampant now among students in Nigeria secondary schools, such as acts of indiscipline, stealing, cheating, truancy, rioting, cultism, and raping, together with population explosion, call for special skills on the part of the school administrators to be able to cope with these challenges. Consequently, this paper examines the uniqueness…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Staff Development, Principals
Alaba, Sofowora O. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2008
The purpose of this study was to find out whether: (1) truancy, drop-out and failure rates was as a result of the teacher teaching strategy in Secondary Schools in Osun State, (2) If skill in instructional design has any relationship with failure rate; and (3) whether teachers that studied Educational Technology would perform significantly better…
Descriptors: Truancy, Dropout Rate, Academic Failure, Teaching Methods
Nwana, O. C. – West African Journal of Education, 1975
A questionnaire survey of secondary schools in Nigeria is reported that examined the following offenses: stealing, dishonesty, sex offenses, disobedience, truancy, assault and insult, drug offenses, "wickedness" (oppression of juniors and destruction of property), and strikes and mass demonstrations. (LBH)
Descriptors: African Culture, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedAlhassan, A. B. – Educational Management and Administration, 1990
Interviews with 200 Nigerian students and 40 teachers revealed that parental illiteracy, pupils' perceived irrelevance of school curriculum, and poor teacher-student relationships were significantly associated with truancy. However, measures taken by the schools included administration of punishment and consultation with disaffected pupils. (32…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Olley, B. O. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objectives: This study documents the extent and impact of perceived patterns of behavior in a sample of youths of the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria, with the purpose of implementing a Life Skills Educational (LSE) intervention. Method: The study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Qualitatively, two Focus Group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Daily Living Skills, Well Being, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
