Internalising and Externalising Social Studies Content of Unity in Diversity among Undergraduates in Kwara Central Nigeria
*1Shofiu Adewuyi Rasheed, 2Timothy Opeyemi Yayi and 3Idayat Nike Balogun
Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria rasheed.sa@unilorin.edu.ng, Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3413-2549
Abstract
This study examined internalizing and externalising of Social Studies contents of unity in diversity among undergraduates in Kwara Central Nigeria. The study specifically aimed to find out how undergraduates perceive and manifest behaviour related to unity in diversity within the Social Studies Curriculum based on school types. The reasarch employed a descriptive design of a correlational type. The population for this study comprised of all undergraduates in Kwara Central Nigeria. 300 respondents were drawn through stratified and simple random sampling techniques. Data were analysed using frequency and percentage as well as Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient (r) at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that majority of the undergraduates have high level of internalising and externalising Social Studies contents of unity in diversity. Secondly, undergraduates in public universities have more significant levels of internalising and externalising Social Studies content of unity in diversity than counterparts in private university. Among the recommendations from the study was that concepts of unity in diversity is should be well taught at all levels of education of schooling by qualified, competent and committed Social Studies lecturers.
Keywords
Internalizing, externalising, contents, unity and diversity
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