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A PROPOSAL FOR APPROVAL OF DISSERTATION TITLE

 

DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM STUDIES, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF UYO, UYO

 

A PROPOSAL FOR APPROVAL OF DISSERTATION TITLE

 

  1. NAME OF STUDENT: ……………………..

 

  1. REGISTRATION: 14/PG/ED/CS/005

 

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  1. DEPARTMENT : DEPARTMENT  OF CURRICULUM  

STUDIES, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

            

  1. FACULTY:           FACULTY OF EDUCATION
  2. COURSE OF STUDY: CURRICULUM STUDIES
  3. DEGREE IN-VIEW: MASTERS  OF EDUCATION (M.ED)
  4. TITLE OF PROPOSED

DESERTATION:              DEVIANT BEHAVIOURS AND THE

DEVELOPMENT OF READING SKILLS AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDETNS IN UYO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                            AREA OF AKWA IBOM STATE.

 

  1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Over the years, researchers and scholars have been on the search for how deviant behaviours influence academic performance of learners. Even in language learning, acquisition and training, it has been seen that deviant behaviours influence students’ performances, but the result obtained has not fully satisfied scholars and since all the effort made so far has not been able to solve these problems, the researcher is therefore motivated to find out the influence of deviant behaviours on the development of reading skills among Junior Secondary School students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Specifically, the fundamental problem of this study centers on how truancy, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, aggression and non-conforming behaviours influence the development of reading skills among Junior Secondary School students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

  1. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of deviant behavior on the development of reading skills among Junior Secondary School students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It specifically seeks to examine the following objectives:

  1. To find out the influence of truancy on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area.
  2. To examine the influence of tobacco smoking on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area.
  • The influence of alcohol drinking on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government. Area
  1. The influence of aggression on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area.
  2. The influence of non-conforming behavior on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area.
  3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The following research questions are formulated to guide the study:

  1. How does truancy influence the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government area of Akwa Ibom State.
  2. How does tobacco smoking influence the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  3. How does alcohol drinking influence the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  4. How does aggression influence the development of reading skills among JSS Students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  5. How does non-conforming behavior influence the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

 

  1. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

The following research hypotheses are formulated to be tested by the researcher;

  1. There is no significant influence of truancy on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  2. Tobacco smoking does not significantly influence the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  • There is no significant influence of alcohol drinking on the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  1. Does aggression significantly influence the development of reading skills among JSS students in Uyo local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
  2. There is no significant influence of non-conforming behavior on the development of reading skill among JSS students in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

 

 

 

 

METHOD

  1. DESIGN OF THE STUDY

The research  design that will be adopted for this study is the survey research design. A survey research design is a description design aimed at collecting sample from the population in order to examine the distribution, incidence and interaction of education and sociological phenomena (Denga 1998). This design help researchers to draw samples from the population and data collected are representation of the respondents opinion about the phenomena at any given time. Thus, the researcher will adopt the survey research design which employs questionnaire to assess the perception and opinion of the respondents in a cross section of the population so as to make inference about the population based on the information from the sample survey data.

  1. AREA OF STUDY

The area of study for this research work is Uyo Urban. Uyo is the capital city of Akwa Ibom State. It had its status as the capital city of Akwa Ibom on 23rd September, 1987. As part of the state it is located between latitude 4032 , and5033 North and Longitude 7025 and 8025 East.

Uyo Local Government Area occupies the South-south part of the state and is bounded by Etinan, Ikot Ekpene, Uruan and Ibesikpo Asutan.

The annual rainfall and rainy days are 2.48km and 158m respectively (Etukudo, 1999).

As a city, the population of Uyo Urban is made up of people from other parts of the country and few foreigners. The indigenes of Uyo are mainly Christians. They are generally hospitable, creative, disciplined, hardworking and accommodating. Uyo Local Government area has a thick population because of its commercial nature. There are organizations like tertiary institutions, hospitals, business centres, banks, hotels and other firms in Uyo municipality.

 

  • POPULATION OF THE STUDY

The population of the study is made up of all public secondary schools in Uyo Urban. There are 14 secondary schools in Uyo while the estimated number of students is ten thousand (10,000).

 

  1. SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

The sample size for the study will be made up of one hundred and fifty (150) Junior Secondary School students carefully drawn from five (5) sampled schools out of the 14 schools.

Simple random sampling technique will be used in selecting the 5 schools obtained. The simple random sampling will be used  to select twenty percent (20%) of students in the five (5) schools.

 

  1. INSTRUMENTATION

The instrument that will be used for data collection for this study will be a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The questionnaire will be structured after the Likert   point model. Respondents will be required to respond to statement of a point scale of strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and strongly disagree (SD).

The questionnaire will be divided into two sections, A and B. Section A contains personal data of the respondents ranging from name of school, gender of the students, class of the students and age of the students etc.

While section B, will investigate the opinion of the respondents on the  influence of deviant behaviors on the development of reading skills among JSS students.

 

  1. STATISTICAL TREATMENT

The data that will be collected will be organized and analyzed based on the research questions and hypotheses. The simple percentage (%) and chi-square statistics at significant level of .05 will be used. The simple percentage will be used to answer research questions while the chi-square will be used to test the null hypotheses.

 

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