DIRECTING AND MAKING VIABILITY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR NIGERIA’S NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

NWOBODO, Rev. Fr. Donatus and Ozofor, N.M (2018) DIRECTING AND MAKING VIABILITY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR NIGERIA’S NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION. International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 3 (5). pp. 132-141. ISSN 2213-1356

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Abstract

The greatness of any nation is highly dependent on the ability of that nation to cultivate a policy that would bring about an enduring legacy for her children who are often regarded as the leaders of tomorrow. Based on the above, this study investigated the ways of making viability children’s literature to make it capable of fostering national transformation as stipulated in Nigeria’s transformation agenda. Three research questions guided this study. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consists 397 primary school English language teacher who have degree in English education. Due to the manageable size of the population, the entire population formed the sample for the study. The instrument for data collection was a thirty-five item questionnaire measuring ways of redirecting children’s literature for national transformation. The instrument was face validated by three specialists in English Education in the Faculty of Education, Ebonyi state university Abakaliki. The suggestions of the specialists were incorporated in the final version of the instrument. The data obtained from the instrument were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The results showed that children’s literature is very minimally utilized in Nigerian primary schools. The problems militating against its utilization include de-emphasis of literature in the primary school curriculum, dearth of indigenous story books in primary school libraries, where they exist, and poor reading culture, among others. Results of the study also showed that items on ways of making children’s literature viable were accepted by the respondents. In line the findings of the study, recommendations were made among which is that writers of children literatures should be encouraged to always write on issues of national transformation so that children will be better informed.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User: GOUNI ICT
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2018 06:20
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2018 06:20
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/304

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