DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
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Item Empowering girls and connecting people through school social work intervention programme(2014) Folaranmi, O. O.The girl-child is hindered from achieving her full potential in life due to an "unknown burden". The unknown unexpected burden comprises people, poverty, pregnancy, diseases, illiteracy and maltreatment. The purpose of the paper is to examine if the girl-child could be empowered to live an improved qualitative life through a school social work intervention and connecting the people who will support the girl-child. Are there problems in the life of a girl-child that prevent her from maximizing her educational opportunities? The intervention was conducted in two schools in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. All students (638) who attended the intervention workshop constituted the sample for the study. Data was collected through questionnaires administered after a presentation of the "unknown burden" of the girl-child to the entire school population. Data collected were analysed through frequency counts and percentages. Findings showed that the majority of the girls were aware of their burden, even though they do not know how to deal with it. In conclusion, the intervention was successful at giving the girl-child a forum to air her burden and help her to idem& sources of support. Recommendations made included the establishment of the position of school social workers and the empowerment of the girl-child to be self-determined to succeed at school.Item Effectiveness of social work interventions in reducing deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Ibarapa Central Local Government, Igbo-Ora, Oyo State(2014-05) Folaranmi, O. O.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention of school social work as a measure to be used in managing deviant behaviour among students in secondary schools. The study examined the type and most frequent deviant behaviours displayed by the students; and how deviant behaviour could be managed through social work intervention. The study employed descriptive survey method. An instrument, 'Deviant Behaviour and the Intervention of Social Workers Questionnaire' (DBISWQ) with r = 0.89 was used to collect data for the study. The population comprised all secondary schools students in Ibarapa Central Local Governments Area, Oyo State who have been referred to the School Guidance Counsellors for one problem or another. Three hundred respondents were randomly selected from five schools. Data collected were analysed using Analysis of Variance. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed significant corrective effect of school social work intervention on the reduction of deviant behaviour among the students. Based on the findings, it was concluded that deviant behaviour could be reduced significantly by the intervention of school social workers. It was then recommended that school social workers should collaborate with Guidance Counsellors and be incorporated into school management personnel. Government should also establish the position of school social workers and reflect this in the National Policy on Education.Item Survey of secondary school students’ attitude towards agricultural science(African Journal of Educational Research 18, pp. 37- 46, 2014-06) Folaranmi, O. O.; Laniran, P. T.This study surveys the attitude of Secondary School Students towards Agricultural Science in Oke-Ogun Area of Oyo State. Sample sire of 240 respondents was chosen through simple random sampling technique. Interview schedule and structured questionnaire were also used in data collection. Major findings showed that the majority of the students were in the age group of 16 - 18 years. Males and females of the respondents were of equal percentages. The findings revealed that male students had a more positive attitude towards agriculture as a career than their female counterparts. About 57.5% were influenced by their parents on career decision. The result also showed that male students had favourable attitude towards agriculture as a career (85%) than their female student's counterparts of12.5%. There is a positive significant relationship between the parents' socio-economic background and the students' attitude towards agriculture. The study, thus, recommends that the government should put in place appropriate machineries so that students would have favourable attitudes toward agriculture thereby increasing the likelihood of students making career in Agricultural scienceItem Mode of schooling and academic performance among students in selected secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State(Nigerian Association of Social Workers, 2010) Folaranmi, O. O.The study examined the relationship between modes of schooling (day or boarding) on the academic performance of students from selected schools in Ibadan. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 300 respondents from two boarding schools in Ibadan. The main instrument used for this study was a structured questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed using ANOVA to test the three hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is no significant difference in the performance of students in mathematics among boarding and day students. Findings also revealed that there is no significant difference among boarding and day students in their performance in English Language.