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The Social Problems And Academic Performance Of Students In Selected Secondary Schools
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A third
assumption within social cognitive theory is that learning can occur
without an immediate change in behaviour or more broadly that learning
the demonstration of what has been learned and distinct processes. One
reason for this separation is that social cognitive theory also assumes
that learning involves not just the acquisition of new behaviour, but
also that of knowledge and cognitive skills, concepts, abstract rules,
values and other cognitive constructs. This division of learning and
behaviour is a shift from the position advocated by behavioural theories
that students can learn but not demonstrate the learning until
motivated to do so.
This theory emphasizes cognitive
compression as the cornerstone of adolescent behaviour. The adolescents
here acquires the mental activity to deal with the world around him,
with this developed mental capacity, he perceives and examines his
environment, form ideas and make inferences. The basic explanation of
deviant behaviour or delinquency is on mentality. Jean Piaget brought
about the stage concept of cognitive development, when people go through
series of moral stages beginning early in childhood and continuing
through the adult years. Each stage of development assumes a relatively a
variant order in the course of development. Also each stage is marked
by a different view of right and wrong.
1.3 Statement of the Problem
The
problem that necessitated this research is students’ indiscipline which
could be seen in their poor academic and behaviour performance in
various secondary schools in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos
State.
The rate of late coming to schools and absents from schools
among students is very disturbing which appear to make students to miss
some topics taught in schools. The end result may be too devastating to
the students and parents.
Most students nowadays are too stubborn and
don’t seem to take corrections. Rather than reading and studying hard
for their school works, they students tend to distract while teaching is
going on in classroom, fight and act in a manner calculated to disrupt
the teaching and learning process. All these down facing attitudes among
students are threat to achieving better students’ outcomes in schools.
Today’s
students see shortcut as a means of passing examination. Every year,
several students’ results are cancelled and withheld in some examination
centers where cases of examination malpractice are reported. This
causes gear deal of damage to the students, parents schools and
government in terms of repeating the examinations, paying the school and
examination fees all over again. The destructive effect this may have
on our country’s image is such that this menace should be fought at all
vehemence.
More problems arise from students’ cult activities,
deviancy / delinquency which make students to resort to violent means in
achieving their academic ends. Every now and then, we experience
disruption of academic activities because of students’ cult activities,
and other violent crises happening in our secondary schools. At times,
human lives are lost and school properties destroyed. This leads to
closing of schools for months and when schools eventually re-open,
students may likely forget what they have learnt. It may also cause high
school dropouts among students who can’t cope with academic learning.
This is a great threat to our country’s education system in training the
right personnel that will occupy in various sectors of our economy and
provide solution to socio-economic development of our country.
In an
attempt to find lasting solutions to myriads of social problems in the
country, government has tailored the curriculum of our compulsory
education with a view to solving some of the problems and also towards
achieving the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs)
policy initiatives. One of the major outcomes of the committee was the
integration of social studies, civic education, Christian and Islamic
religion and security education into Religion and National Values. The
innovation carried out was both national and pedagogical in nature.
It is not certain whether efforts taken by government to curbing these
behaviours have yielded any fruits in the past. Student participation in
anti-social behaviors is on a steady rise. At same time, the alarming
effect of this behavior constitutes a major challenge to teachers,
parents, guardians, and the government, the stake-holders in the
educational sector and even among the well- meaning Nigerians at large.
In
the light of the overall challenges of social problems in schools, this
study sets out to examine the relationship between social problems and
academic performance of students in secondary school in Mushin Local
Government Area of Lagos State.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study basically examined the relationship between social problems in schools and academic performance of students in selected secondary schools in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Seven research objectives leading to seven research questions and hypotheses were stated to guide the study. A total number of 250 teachers were carefully selected from the entire population through the method of stratified and simple random strategy. The research design was descriptive survey in nature ... Continue reading---
