Browsing by Author "Omokhabi, A. A."

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Access to literacy skills training as a pathway to better jobs for poor urban youths
(Department of Adult Education University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2019) Edeh, J. O.; Omokhabi, A. A.
Literacy skill are all the skills needed for reading and writing. Literacy is not merely the ability to read and write, but is a major vehicle for holistic social change and community development. Youths are very important stakeholders in any society. They are not only the future hope of Nigeria, but also major stakeholders and very useful resources in nation building. There is a great need for youths, especially the urban youths to engage in a form of education that seeks to equip them with capacities, skills, knowledge and understanding in specific skills to enable them become productive citizens of their nations and also to enable the them live productive and meaningful lives. This study therefore aims at examining access to literacy skills training as a pathway to better jobs for poor urban youths. Literacy skill training emerged as a proactive response to the practical needs of and challenges facing poor households. It promotes literacy among learners through developmental activities that address their basic and practical needs, thus helping them to break out of the cycle of poverty. The study concludes and recommends that access to literacy skill and training will make urban youths to be self-reliant, therefore government and private sectors should seek the promotion of skills acquisition.
Determinants of Reproductive Health Behaviour Among Female Workers in Tertiary Institutions in Southwestern Nigeria
(2014) Omokhabi, A. A.
Women reproductive health behaviour (RHB) has generated a lot of interest from researchers across many disciplines because many women die due to pregnancy related complications. Hence, improving RHB of women which is a key aspect of the Millennium Development Goals requires a proper understanding of its predisposing factors. Previous studies on women’s RHB had focused more on adolescents, rural and non-literate women without due consideration to women in the tertiary institutions. This study, therefore, examined the extent to which gender roles, age at marriage, educational attainment, peer influence, mass media exposure, cultural norms/religious belief and socio-economic status influenced the RHB of female workers in tertiary institutions in Southwestern Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 1,122 respondents: 540 academic and 582 non-academic female workers from five universities, four polytechnics and four colleges of education in Southwestern Nigeria. Two instruments were used: RHB Scale (r=0.81) and RHB Determinants Scale with seven sub-scales, socio-economic status (r=0.79), cultural/religious belief (r=0.83), mass media (r=0.75), gender role (r=0.79) and peer influence (r=0.71). Nine Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and two In-depth interview (IDI) sessions were conducted with female workers from each of the 13 institutions. Four research questions were answered and eight hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance to determine the RHB of female workers. Data were analysed using percentages, multiple regression, Pearson product moment correlation and content analysis. Seventy-five percent of respondents exhibited good RHB. The seven predisposing factors had joint positive significant prediction on female workers’ (RHB) in tertiary institutions (F(7,1114) = 520.091; R = 0.875, R2 =0.766, Adj.R2 = 0.764) and accounted for 77.0% in the variance of the dependent measure. Their relative contributions were: gender roles (β=.404), age at marriage (β=.320), educational attainment (β=.191), peer influence (β=-.161), mass media exposure (β=-.122), cultural norms/religious belief (β=-.094)) and socio-economic status (β=-.091). Also, their significant strength of relationships with RHB were as ranked: age at marriage (r=0.740), gender role (r=0.738), educational attainment (r=0.426), religious/cultural belief (r=0.092); mass media exposure (r=0.085), social economic status (r=-0.739) and peer influence (r=-0.541). There was no significant difference in the RHB of female academic and non-academic staff in all the institutions sampled. Participants’ knowledge of reproductive health information varies from: menstruation and management (11.9%), safe motherhood and childcare (9.9%), family planning and contraception (9.7%) and pregnancy and childbirth (8.9%). Family gender roles in reproductive health decision making were perceived to inhibit women’s abilities to make informed reproductive health decisions. Mass media exposure, gender roles, age at marriage, socio-economic status, peer influence, cultural norms/religious belief and educational attainment strongly predicted reproductive health behaviour of female workers in sampled tertiary institutions. However, to ensure improved reproductive health behaviour among tertiary institutions female workers, there is the need to strengthen the use of mass media complemented with women’s networking groups and religious institutions aimed at promoting better reproductive health behaviour.
Developing alternative methodological framework for facilitating adult learning: the outcome of an experiment
(2016) Ojokheta, K.O.; Oladeji, S.B.; Omokhabi, A. A.
This paper presents the outcome of an experiment on an alternative method of facilitating adult learning called DISSAAP. It is an acronym where D stands for Discussion of learning content, I for identification of Deductions, S for Summation of recurring major deductions, S for synthesis of deductions in order of importance, A for Agreement of synthesis, A for Adoption of the synthesis, and P for Presentation. This approach was experimented with a group of adult learners participating in a University Distance Learning Programme with the concept of motivation as the course content Learners were allowed to discuss individually what could motivate them to achieve effective learning. From the discussion, deductions made by them were identified. The major recurring deductions were recognised and summed up for synthesis which were, thereafter, arranged in their order of importance. In collaboration with the facilitators, agreement of the synthesis was reached with the learners for adoption of what motivate adult learners. The adoption led to the presentation of the new knowledge on motivation of adult learners for general acceptability by the learners. Findings of the experiments show that learners' intuitive capacity, power, and empowerment to arrive at knowledge themselves were greatly enhanced which led to active participation of the learners in the teaching and learning process. The experiment proved that "DISSAAP" is an effective methodological approach for facilitating adult learning and is, therefore, recommended for adult educators and facilitators
Factors influencing reproductive health behaviour of female non-academic staff in the Nigerian Universities
(2016) Omokhabi, A. A.
It has become imperative that there is the need to tackle reproductive health problems in Nigeria because many women die due to pregnancy related complications. However previous studies on women's reproductive health behaviour had focused majorly on adolescents, rural and non-literate women without due consideration for females in the forma! wage system. Thus leading to a dearth of literature on reproductive health behaviour of the working class women particularly those in Universities. This study examined the influence of some factors on reproductive health behaviour among female non- academic staff in the Nigerian universities. The study adopted descriptive research design of an ex-postfacto type I he simple random sampIing technique was used to select 217 female non-academic staff from purposively selected five Nigeria universities.. The instruments used were Reproductive Health Behaviour Scale (r=f).8l).Age at marriage and Reproductive Health Behaviour Scale (r-0.79). Socio-economic status and Reproductive Health Behaviour Scaleir- 0 79.). Educational attainment and Reproductive Health Behaviour Scale(r=0.75). These were complemented with three sessions of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and two sessions of In-depth interview (11)1) with female non-academic staff from each of the five Nigerian universities. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were subjected to Pearson's Product Moment correlation and content analysis. The findings indicated that there was significant relationship between reproductive health behaviour and age at marriage of female non-academic staff in the Nigerian Universities, (r - .568' \ p<.05). There was significant relationship between reproductive health behaviour and socio-economic status of female non-academic staff in the Nigerian Universities (r = - 449'. p<.05). There was significant relationship between reproductive health behaviour and educational attainment of female non-academic staff in the Nigerian Universities/r = .511'. p< 05).Age at marriage, socio-economic status and educational attainment strongly influenced reproductive health behaviour of female non-academic staff in the Nigerian Universities. However, to ensure improved reproductive health behaviour of female non-academic staff, there is the need to strengthen the use of mass media complimented with women's networking groups and religious institutions aimed at promoting better reproductive health behaviour
ICT and ODL delivery: the experience of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
(Stirling-Horden Publishers, 2018) Omokhabi, A. A.; Babalola, N. A.
Improving adult education learning potentials in Nigeria: the need to build capacities of community libraries
(John Archers, 2018) Omokhabi, A. A.; Osu, U. C.
Lifelong learning targets of education 2030 agenda and policy-implementation modalities in Nigeria
(2018) Ojokheta, K.O.; Omokhabi, A. A.
Education 2030 Agenda, popularly tagged the "Incheon Declaration ", is the new vision of education agreed upon by over I, 600 participants from 160 countries at World Education Forum held in Republic of Korea from 19-22 May, 2015 with the theme “Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all". This paper critically examined the lifelong learning opportunities for all targets of the Agenda and discussed policy directions and implementation modalities for achieving the cardinal focus areas of the targets. The paper began with the examination of the components of access, equity and inclusion, quality and learning outcomes, and lifelong learning for all opportunities. It also examined the lifelong learning opportunities targets of the Agenda and identified the pillars upon which the targets are anchored. The recommendations on policy direction and implementation modalities for each of the pillars were suggested. The paper was concluded with the submission that adult education, adult learning and training opportunities, literacy, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education framework must be given utmost priority in order to achieve the targets of the lifelong learning opportunities for all in Nigeria
Organisation and management of literacy programmes
(2018) Egunyomi, A. A.; Omokhabi, A. A.
Organisation and management of literacy programmes are very germane to the success of literacy delivery. It is against this background that this paper examined strategies that Nigeria needs to put in place for the revitalization of literacy programmes. The paper concluded that for education to enrich an individuals’ knowledge and develop his/her potentials to prepare for future challenges in an ever-changing world, education, particularly literacy, ought to be effectively and efficiently organised and managed
Physical activity and exercise as precursors of wellbeing of menopausal women in the community
(2024-01) Moronkola, O. A.; Moronkola, O. A.; Omokhabi, A. A.
Ageing or menopausal women do come up with variety of physical, psychological and social health related challenges in various community settings including educational institutions. This paper examined the impact of physical activity and exercise as a tool for the wellbeing of ageing and menopausal women in the community which they can use to manage or cope with their health related conditions at midlife period. Physical activity or exercise have been viewed by many experts as a coping menopausal coping strategy against various symptoms, women experience during the period that affect their quality of life
Refocusing adult education in conformity with fundamental changes of modern realties
(2016-08) Ojokheta, K.O.; Omokhabi, A. A.
The growing importance of adult education as a major instrument for achieving sustainable lifelong learning in various spheres of human endeavours have led to fundamental changes in its structure and tenets. Based on these changes, this paper, therefore, provided a strong justification for refocusing the structures and tenets of adult education in conformity with fundamental changes of modem realties. The paper began with a critical dissection of the cardinal areas where fundamental changes have occurred in adult education. Such areas include: the new understanding and definitions of adult education, the new roles and objectives of Adult Education, the expanded components of Adult Education, the expanded philosophical approach of adult education, the expanded learning environment (ELE), the expanded views of the rationale behind educating them, and the expanded perceptions of the commonly accepted beliefs regarding adult education. The paper was concluded with some recommendations on the strategies for reshaping the structures and tenets of adult education in Nigeria in order to make the discipline conforms to these documented changes
Social work, social welfare and adult education in Ibadan
(2019) Folaranmi, O. O.; Omokhabi, A. A.; Oladeji, O.
Suburbia in Nigeria: a new approach to understanding rural community transformation and development
(Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2024) Omokhabi, A. A.; Fajimi, B. A.
Testing theory of planned behaviour in predicting married women’s use of modern family planning methods at Ibadan North Local Government
(JOHN ARCHERS (Publishers) Ltd., Ibadan, 2020) Omokhabi, A. A.
Towards a safer world: the imperativeness of the educational philosophy of 3hs
(Faculty of Education University of Ibadan, 2017) Omokhabi, A. A.; Fadiya, A. A.; Babalola, N. A.
This paper x-rayed how the educational philosophy of the 3H s could help to build a safer world. The theme humanistic philosophy in regards to building a safer world is worth critical study. The world has remained volatile and vulnerable with series of kidnapping, arm conflicts and unrest in the society which has affected the population. Education has been regarded as a basic component of human development and single most important means for empowerment and sustained improvement in all well being. 3Hs of Educational Philosophy which are Humane society, Human commonwealth, and Humanistic tendencies are highly imperative in combating and resolving the unrest and building a safer world. This study concluded that Nigerian educational system should tailored her educational philosophy using 3Hs will not only help in building rational human being that will contribute meaningfully to the development of the society but also in the building of a safer world. 3Hs could be seen as an alternative for building a safer world