EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF MORAL INSTRUCTION: A STRATEGY FOR REPOSITIONING NIGERIA YOUTHS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
- Department of Arts and Social Science Education, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
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The study focused on the repositioning of Nigerian youths through the teaching of moral instruction, the study specifically aimed at finding out if the objectives of moral instruction could help in the youths. Two research questions guided the study and a hypothetical statement was raised. The population of the study include all the moral instructors in the 176 secondary schools in Ebonyi state out of which 100 instructors where selected using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Data was analyzed using mean while hypothesis was tested with test at 0.05 level of significance. Results of finding showed that the objectives of moral instruction ore rich enough to inculcate good habit in growing child. Secondly the content of moral education if implemented is capable of repositioning the youth for effective social development. Based on findings recommendations were made.
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[Nkechi C. Njoku. (2017); EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF MORAL INSTRUCTION: A STRATEGY FOR REPOSITIONING NIGERIA YOUTHS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 727-732] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Department of Science Education, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
