ATTITUDE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS TOWARDS SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMME IN EASTERN PARTS OF NIGERIA

Abstract

Attitude remains a critical factor in promoting meaningful acceptance and education of children with special needs in Nigerian. It is in the light of this that this study investigated into the attitude of educational administrators who are involved in the implementation of Social Studies programme in Eastern parts of Nigeria. A survey research design was used for the study. Available sample of 86 educational administrators participated in this study. A validated instrument title “Administrators Attitude Scale (AAS)”s with reliability coefficient of r=0.08 was used to collect the data. The results show that the educational administrators had a positive attitude towards Social Studies programme in Eastern parts of Nigeria. Secondly, gender of the administrators did not have a significant difference on their attitude towards Social Studies programme. Despite the results, recommendations were made to improved and sustain the attitude of educational administrators towards Social Studies in Eastern parts of Nigeria. These include the need for regular workshops and conferences on special needs education for these administrators, paying of special allowances as an incentive to encourage the officers who visit schools/centers for special needs children regularly. This would help them to monitor the progress and problems facing the education of the Special needs Children.