SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION AND THE CULTURE OF SILENCE IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF FEMALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA
SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION AND THE CULTURE OF SILENCE IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF FEMALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA

Summary/Abstract: his study examined the impact of social studies education on addressing the culture of silence in Nigeria. A descriptive research design was adopted and data was collected via a survey of 275 female undergraduatestudents of Delta State University, Abrakausing non-probabilistic sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Linear regression analysis with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 23. The results of the study showed that social studies education have a positive and strong relationship with the breaking of the culture of silence in Nigeria. The result of the study also revealed that social studies education has a significant influence on breaking through the culture of silence in Nigeria. Therefore, it was recommended among others that government and policy-makers should intensity effort to review social studies education curriculum in Nigeria universities with emphasis on the place of social studies education on addressing the culture of silence and the inculcation of moral values.

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