EXTENT OF IDENTIFYING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IN PLATO'S TIME IN NIGERIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH-EAST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

NWOBODO, Rev. Fr. Donatus (2013) EXTENT OF IDENTIFYING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IN PLATO'S TIME IN NIGERIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH-EAST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA. African Journal of Allied Education, 7 (1). pp. 50-58. ISSN 2006-0157

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Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate Plato's concept of crime and puni~hment and = implications for secondary education in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey .des.lgnapproach In which two research questions were posed and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 significant level. The population of the study consisted of 31,322 teachers currently teaching in 1,96.0 Secon~ary Schools in thefive states of the South-East geo-political zone. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting three states used in the study while disproportionate stratified random sampling was used in selecting ten Secondary Schools as well as 563 teach~rs usedfor the=: A questionnaire offour-point scale was used as instrument for data collection. Mean was used In answering research questions while the t-test statistic was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The result of the analysis revealed among other issues that truancy, fighting, bullying, examination malpractice, among others were criminal behaviours observed amongst Nigerian Secondary School Students. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that Plato's concept of crime and punishment should be integrated into Secondary School system by teachers, school administrators and curriculum planners.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: GOUNI ICT
Date Deposited: 04 Jul 2018 11:23
Last Modified: 03 Oct 2019 14:07
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/291

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