Orji Sunday

The successful implementation of any educational reform is hinged upon teachers ’ well informed interest and endorsement of the reform. This study centered on teachers ’ awareness and acceptance of the trade and entrepreneurship curriculum newly introduced into the Nigeria education system. Specifically, the study ascertained the levels of awareness and acceptance of the new trade and entrepreneurship curriculum among senior secondary school teachers in North East Nigeria. Using a survey design, data were collected from 123 teachers who responded to the Teachers ’ Trades Awareness and Acceptance Questionnaire (TTAAQ). They were requested to express on 3-point loading (‘Certainly No’, ‘Not sure ’ & ‘Definitely Yes’) their awareness and acceptance level. Findings revealed that the respondents were ‘not sure ’ about their awareness as well as their acceptance of the new Trades curriculum. Their awareness and acceptance levels were poor or uncertain. It was found that there were no sign...

To promote Science and Technology at the classroom level, for national growth and global competitiveness, nations are now paying more attention to students" active participation in science learning. This study investigated science students" task engagement in relation to their learning outcomes (attitude and achievement) in Chemistry. A stratified sample of 60 students drawn from 10 schools was used in the study. The Student Task Engagement Record, a classroom observation instrument, was used to record students" on-task and off-task behaviour/engagement during chemistry lessons. At the end of the 6 weeks observation period, the Chemistry Achievement Test and Chemistry Attitude Questionnaire were administered to ascertain students" chemistry achievement and attitude respectively. The engagement scores of the students were correlated with their achievement and attitude scores using Pearson"s product moment correlation. Students" task engagement was found ...