DEMOCRACY IN TROUBLE; CAN SOCIAL STUDIES SAFE IT? ILORIN EMIRATE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION
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2020
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SOSAN
Abstract
The study investigated Ilorin emirate teachers' perception of the use of Social Studies addressing the troubles of democracy. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. One hundred and eighteen Social Studies teachers were randomly selected in Ilorin Metropolis. A validated and reliably (r = 0.78) tested research instrument titled 'Questionnaire on Teachers' Perception of the use of Social Studies in addressing the Problems of Democracy' (QTPUSSPD) was used for data gathering. One research question was raised and three research hypotheses were formulated. Frequency count, percentage and mean were used to answer the research question while formulated hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using inferential statistics of independent samples t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study revealed that teachers' perception of the use of Social Studies in addressing the troubles in democracy was positive. Gender (t = -1.255; df = 116; P > 0.05), school type (t =-1.337; df = 116; P > 0.05) and qualification (F (3; 114) = 1.050; P > 0.05) did not account for any significant difference in teachers’ perception of the use of Social Studies in addressing the troubles in democracy. Based on the findings, it was recommended that current challenges of democracy in Nigeria should be included in social studies curriculum so that the future leaders who are still in school now can be taught how these challenges can be addressed democratically.