Volume 2, Issue 1

Impact Factor 4.428

1) Discipline, decency, and teetotalism at early-1900’s teacher training colleges in northern Finland
Author’s: ¹⁾ Merja Paksuniemi ²⁾ Kaarina Määttä ³⁾ Satu Uusiautti 
University of Lapland, Finland
Abstract: The educational trend of Herbart-Zillerism had taken root in Finland and influenced also Finnish teacher training colleges at the beginning of the 20th century. The purpose of this research was to analyze how the atmosphere at the college controlled the teacher students’ proper behavior. The research approach was micro-historical-narrative. These following themes were analyzed from archival sources, research literature, contemporary text books, and former students’ interviews: (1) How was a teacher student supposed to behave? (2) What kinds of behavioral, dating, and free-time rules featured the spirit of the college? (3) How was students’ behavior controlled? According to the results, Herbart-Zillerism affected the education and control over students at Finnish teacher training colleges. Teacherhood was built on the requirements of the teacher’s image and the ideal of a model citizen. In the conclusion, the moral position of a teacher is contemplated
Keywords: teacher training college, Herbart-Zillerism, teacher students, teetotalism, model citizenship
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2) Effectiveness of The Persuasive Communication Model in Changing Student’s Attitude Towards Science Enrollment in Secondary Schools in Benue State,Nigeria
Author Details:Professor JOEL OBO ERIBA, PhD, MLRN, MNACT, FIHNR-Benue State University- Makurdi – Nigeria
Abstract: Earlier researches had documented the massive decline of Nigerian Students from the study of science at all levels.  This ugly trend was attributed to the fact that the students possessed negative attitudes towards science.   The purpose of this research was to assess the effectiveness of the Persuasive Communication Model (PCM) as a tool for changing students’ attitude towards science enrolment in Benue State Secondary Schools.  Two research questions were formulated and eight hypotheses tested for the study. The study employed the survey, true-experimental and ex-post facto research designs to obtain solutions to the problem.  Data were gathered from1840 JS3 students with ages between 13 and 15 years from Benue State, Nigeria by means of three instruments namely, Science Attitude Survey (SAS), the Science Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ) and the PCM message. The SAQ had a reliability coefficient of 0.73 using Cronbach Alpha method.  Three probability sampling techniques were used to select the sample for the study in three stages.  Data were analyzed using frequencies, means, t-test and the factorial ANOVA at P < .05 significance level.  The study found that 35 modal salient beliefs determined JS3 students’ attitudes towards enrolment in science.  It was also found that students who were exposed to the PCM message (treatment) changed their attitude towards science enrolment significantly.    The location, type and ownership of school, which the students attended, as well as gender, did not act as significant barriers to the effectiveness of the PCM.  PCM was therefore, recommended as an effective strategy for changing attitude of students towards science enrolment in secondary schools.
Effectiveness of the Persuasive Communication Model in Changing Students’ Attitude Towards Science Enrolment in Secondary Schools in Benue State, Nigeria
Key words: Persuasion, Attitude and Science Enrolment
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