Appraising the Blindspots and Creativity Effects in the Teaching of Essay Writing Among Students with Learning Disabilities (Published)
Effective teaching/learning of essay writing is very crucial to the achievement of educational objectives. This paper, therefore, discussed the aims of teaching essay writing in schools most importantly to students with learning disabilities, notably to develop critical thinking skills in the students; stages involved in essay writing was extensively discussed: pre-writing, writing, post-writing, to mention but a few. The paper also viewed creativity as a key to professional development in the 21st century. Different definitions of creativity as given by some scholars were highlighted and some important components of the concept as well as the features of a creative student were discussed. The paper further discussed some creative methods of teaching essay writing to students with learning disability, among which are potency of technology and bringing of samples to the classroom for students’ observation and learning.
Keywords: Essay Writing, Learning, Teaching, creativity learning disabilities
Teachers Perception on Ways of Improving the Teaching of Social Studies in Onueke Education Zone (Published)
This study investigated Teachers perception on ways of improving the teaching of Social Studies in Onueke Education Zone. The purpose of the study was to specifically ascertain teaching techniques that could improve the teaching of Social Studies in Onueke Education Zone, find out if some evaluation techniques could improve the teaching of Social Studies. The design of the study was a descriptive survey research. The population of the study comprised 100 Social Studies teachers in Onueke Education Zone. Two research questions and two hypotheses were designed and tested to guide the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “teachers perception on ways of improving the teaching of Social Studies (TPWITSS) in Onueke Education Zone. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and chi-square (X2). Findings from the investigation revealed that respondents accepted all items on the questionnaire significantly improve the teaching of Social Studies, evaluation techniques significantly improve the teaching of Social Studies.
Keywords: Improving, Nigeria, Perception, Social Studies, Teachers, Teaching