Strategies Towards Effective Management of Higher Education for Building a Culture of Peace in Nigeria

Autor/in	Asiyai, Romina Ifeoma
Titel	Strategies Towards Effective Management of Higher Education for Building a Culture of Peace in Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 4 (2015) 2, S.127-138 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; College Faculty; College Students; Influences; Universities; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Teacher Surveys; Student Surveys; College Administration; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Educational Environment; Daily Living Skills; Productivity; College Curriculum; Peace; Statistical Analysis; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; University; Universität; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Schülerbefragung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Alltagsfertigkeit; Produktivität; Frieden; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study was aimed at investigating strategies for effective management of higher education for building a culture of peace in Nigeria. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the investigation. The study is a survey research which adopted the ex-post-facto design. The respondents comprised of one thousand four hundred and eighty (1480) made up of academic staff, senior staff and students. The sample was selected using simple random sampling technique form twelve public universities in southern Nigeria. Data collected from questionnaire, the only instrument used for the study, were analyzed using descriptive statistics for the research questions and analysis of variance to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The finding revealed that curricula related, life skills related, institutional climate related and funding related were strategies for effective management of education for building a culture of peace in Nigeria. The study recommends that administrators of Nigerian universities should adopt a peace education curriculum in all course offerings in universities for building a culture of peace in Nigeria and improving academic productivity within the system. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01