Timothy Okpeku, Julius Omonzuanvbo Ihonvbere

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Suspending Classes without Suspending Learning. A Case Study on the Impact of Blended Learning in Secondary Schools

Beschreibung

Case Study from the year 2023 in the subject Pedagogy - School Pedagogics, , language: English, abstract: This study explored suspending classes without suspending learning, a case study on the impact of blended learning in secondary schools. The survey research approach was applied to seek the views and opinions of 20 senior secondary school teachers and 80 senior secondary school III students in Edo State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection which was subjected to construct validity by three experts. The degree of trustworthiness was determined using Cronbach¿s alpha reliability techniques and a reliability value of .80 was obtained. The collected data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and z-test statistics. The result shows a significant difference in the responses of teachers and students regarding teachers¿ preparedness to adopt blended learning in secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria. In addition, the teachers and students adequately defined and measured technology-enhanced blended learning as an instructional strategy that increases and promotes students' academic knowledge and performance in school subjects. Based on these study findings, one could logically conclude that perhaps as students' performance in the senior secondary school external examination continues to leap, the need to examine the challenges and solutions will continue to linger among experts, stakeholders, and concerned citizens. This is because the findings of this study highlighted quality measures that seem to relate to effective teaching and learning in schools in order to reduce the achievement gap among secondary school students in Nigeria.

Autor

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Timothy Oziegbe Okpeku was born in Okokomoiko, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. He started his primary education at Okhide Primary School Uzebba where he obtained his primary school leaving certificate and proceeded to Uzebba Grammar School for his secondary education where he obtained his National Examination Council (NECO) certificate. He received his Bachelor's degree from Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Nigeria. He proceeded to the University of Benin where he obtained his Master's degree. He thereafter moved to his Alma Mata where he received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. As a student, he was a class prefect at Uzebba Grammar School, Uzebba-Iuleha, and later a class representative at the University of Benin. His hands-on research and pedagogical experience earned him the first graduate of his department's post-graduate degree program. He started his career as a teacher. Thereafter he joined the Edo State government public service as an industry officer at the Edo State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Benin City, Nigeria. Due to his passion for Nigeria's education system, education policies and programs, curriculum reform, education equity, and student achievement gap, he was among the six post-doctoral scholars selected in Africa by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as African visiting scholars to the Republic of China (Taiwan). A transnational task that took him to the Republic of China (Taiwan) for one year (January-December, 2022). While in Taiwan, he was assigned to the National Taichung University of Education, to examine the strategic aspects of the Taiwanese educational system and lessons for Nigeria. His research interests cut across school politics, pedagogy, didactic, e-learning, education psychology, education leadership, education sociology, school system, education policy, curriculum design, educational equity, program evaluation, achievement gap, instructional technology, comparative education, vocational, technical education, and training. He has recently published 17 academic papers, 7 commentaries, 12 contributed postgraduate thesis/dissertations, and 5 academic seminar papers. Dr. Timothy O. Okpeku is a recipient of the Taiwan Fellowship Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 24
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 51g
• ISBN-13: 9783346970237
• ISBN-10: 334697023X
• Artikelnr.: 69494448