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Item Knowledge of and Attitude towards Female Genital Mutilation among Mothers inAdeoyo Specialist Hospital, Ibadan(Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2021) Afolabi, A.This study investigated mothers' knowledge of and attitudes toward female genital mutilation at Adeoyo Specialist Hospital in Ibadan's postnatal clinic. The descriptive research design was adopted. A total of fifty (50) subjects were used as the sample, and the data far this study were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. In general, (78%) of mothers cited cultural and religious reasons far the practise of female circumcision. Findings showed that mothers had a high level of knowledge, and despite having a high level of knowledge about female genital mutilation and its dangers, the respondents' overall attitude is negative. As a result, social workers will need to increase health education programmes, seminars, campaigns, and rallies to encourage active discouragement of harmful cultural practises, such as female genital mutilation.Item Information attitude of book editors and productivity in the publishing firms in South-West, Nigeria(2020) Akangbe, C. A.; Igudia, O. E.The publishing industry is a vital index of a nation's development. It makes its contribution to national growth through its productivity, and a key agent of this productivity is the editor. The editor forms the nucleus of the publishing firm. He/she is the nerve of the publishing operations and is highly indispensable in the publishing processes. However, information is germane to editorial activities and as such he/she cannot perform optimally without having requisite information. This thus implies that editor must seek for information. Information-seeking entails requisite and appropriate disposition which is otherwise called attitude. The attitude of editors, the type as well as source of information are all important for editorial efficiency. It is these issues of information attitude of editors and their productivity that this study seeks to answer. Survey method was adopted for the study, structured questionnaire was the instrument employed for data collection while three research questions were formulated. The study population was 62 educational publishing firms in South-West Nigeria while the sample for the study was the 205 editorial staff of twenty randomly selected publishing houses which constituted 19.4 %. The data collected were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 21. Mean and standard deviation were determined for continuous variables while frequencies and percentages were carried out on categorical variables. The results were presented in tables and charts. The study recommended that editors should obtain information on production, explore the Internet and social media more effectively and strive for more editorial competence to attain higher productivity. Structured into seven parts; the paper is discussed under the following subheadings: introduction, literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, analysis and discussion, conclusion and recommendations.Item Knowledge, attitude and practice of cybercrime among secondary school students in Nigeria(Fafunwa Educational Foundations ( FEF) In Collaboration with The Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, 2020-09) Olasunkanmi, I. A.; Adebayo, C. A.The Internet, which has opened a vast array of possibilities for the young and the old in the social, economic, education, health and other sectors, has been flawed by the rise in internet crimes regarded as unethical use of the computer and internet which could cripple the nation's economy if not given attention. These include cyber fraud (yahoo-yahoo), plagiarism, pornography, and piracy of software. Reports have shown that perpetrators of these cybercrimes have been assumed to be youths usually within the ages of 15 and 30 years. Despite various efforts put in place to address the menace it appears the unwanted practice still persists. It seems that youngsters enter into the practice ignorantly and with confused attitude to it. Therefore, this paper investigated students' awareness of computer ethics, knowledge, attitude to and practice of computer ethics among Junior Secondary School 3 students in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study is a descriptive survey design using with a total of eighty-five (85) participants. The results show that majority of the students were aware of the ethical and unethical use of the computer/internet, few of the respondents are very knowledgeable as regards computer ethics and they have a positive attitude towards computer ethics. Each of the respondents engages in more than two unethical ways of using the computer/internet. The paper concludes that secondary school students engage in unethical use of computer/ internet despite their awareness, knowledge and a show of positive attitude to ethical use of computer/internet. It is recommended that appropriate legal measures should be taken to curb the practice among secondary students in Nigeria.Item Attitude of male in-service and preservice early childhood teachers towards working in preschool centres in Ibadan, Nigeria(Research Synergy Foundation, 2021) Amosun, M.; Ogunniyi, L.; Ogunbiyi, F.Preschool Education provides the foundation for all-around development, enables the child to understand various issues and fit in well into society. Although it is the duty of both male and female early childhood educators to help children develop holistically, statistics have shown that more female caregivers work in preschool centers across the country than males. Even in some foreign countries, this problem remains the same. However, researchers have tried to identify the cause of this gender inequality or disparity but have only sampled the opinion of others about this without adequately considering the attitude of the male early childhood educators. Hence, this study aimed at investigating the attitude of male early childhood educators towards working in preschool centers in Ibadan. The study adopted a mixed-method research approach, and the design is an explanatory triangulation of QUAN + QUAL type. A proportional stratified sampling technique was used to select 150 in-service and 150 pre-service male early childhood educators from the 3 local government areas selected. One instrument was used to gather the quantitative data. Interviews of in-services and pre-service early childhood educators also form a source of qualitative data. The study found out that the attitude of early childhood educators is not encouraging. It also found out that there is no significant difference between in-services and pre- service early childhood educators in their attitude towards working in a preschool. It was recommended that investment should be made into early childhood education levels so as to make the salary attractive for most male educators.Item Perception, attitude and use of indigenous stories among yoruba parents in Lagos State, Nigeria(Joytal Printing Press, Ibadan, 2020) Akintemi, E. O.; Amosun, M. D.In the traditional African societies, indigenous storytelling was a regidar practice where children were told stories by their parents and other members of the family and community. Storytelling played an important role in the family and it was a daily activity in the evening. Recently, many Nigerians do not like to speak their indigenous languages with their children and as a result, these children may not know their indigenous stories even though they know lots of foreign stories. This study therefore, investigated parents’ perception, attitude and use of Yoruba indigenous stories in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Four research questions were raised and answered. Three hypotheses were formidated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Two hundred and eighty nine (289) Yoruba parents were purposively selected from both public and private schools in Lagos State. Self- designed questionnaire with reliability index of (a -0.84) was used to collect data for the study. Frequency counts, percentage, mean and standard deviation and t-test were used to analyze the data collected. Findings indicated that parents’ perception and attitude to Yoruba indigenous storytelling is positive, however the frequency of use is still below expectation. Parents with children in public schools significantly used indigenous stories better than parents with children in private schools. Based on the findings it was recommended among other things that storytelling in indigenous language should be used at home by parents, also Nigerian authors should be encouraged to write indigenous storybooks for children.Item Psychosocial factors as correlates of reading achievement of students with hearing impairment in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria(2020-06) Isaiah, O. O.; Alaba, E. I.This study examined the psychological and social factors as correlates of reading achievement of students with hearing impairment in secondary school in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design of correlational type was adopted. A total of 62 students with hearing impairment from secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo state were selected using purposive sampling technique. The instrument used for collection of data was a questionnaire tagged Students with Hearing Impairment Reading Achievement Questionnaire (SHIRAQ) (r-0.82). Three research questions were answered. The data collected were analysed using frequency count, percentage, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. Results showed that there was a positive relationship between attitude, self-concept, self-efficacy, parental involvement, teachers-students interaction, parents' socio-economic status and reading achievement. Also, there was significant joint contribution of attitude, self-concept, self-efficacy, parental involvement, teachers-students interaction, parents' socio-economic status to reading achievement among students with hearing impairment. There was relative contribution of attitude, self-concept, self-efficacy, parental involvement, teachers-students relationship and parents' socioeconomic status to reading achievement. It was recommended that students with hearing impairment should be provided with textbooks and other educational facilities by their parents and-the government.Item Knowledge, Attitüde and Practice of Family Planning among Married Women in Akinyele Local Government, Oyo State, Nigeria(2021) Osu, U. C.The study examined knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning, among married women in Akinyele Local Government, Oyo State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. A total of 143 respondents participated in the study. The instrument employed was “Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Family Planning, among Married Women Questionnaire”. The data collected from the study were analysed using simple percentage and mean to provide answers for the research questions raised for the study. Findings revealed that married women in Akinyele Local Government, Oyo State are aware of family planning (Mean= 2.99) but do not practice it (Mean=l .86). Findings further revealed that the married women in Akinyele Local Government, Oyo State portray negative attitude towards family planning (Mean=2.36). On this basis, the study recommended, among other things. that the government should endeavour to increase the level of awareness on the importance of family planning. ln addition, the mass media should also be encouraged to do more in terms of enlightening the public on the benefits of modern contraceptive methods as this will help married couples to portray positive attitude towards the use of family planning