scholarly journals Academic Culture and Ethics in the Profession of Teaching, Learning, and Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Akindele
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
University System ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Character Building ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Scarcity Of Resources ◽  
Rules Of The Game ◽  
Conducive Environment

This article provides deep insights into the nature and dynamics of academic culture in the Nigerian university system. Academic culture is generally conceived as the established tradition, procedure, practices, etiquette, ethics and rules of the game in the conduct of teaching, learning and research. Collectively, these elements provide a conducive environment for the generation/creation, transfer, dissemination and application of knowledge and management of teaching and research industry in support of sustainable development. Consequently, this article posits that the building of academic culture to promote, achieve and sustain the realization of the mission of any university is a huge task, even if scarcity of resources does not constitute too tight a limiting handicap. It is only a mature academic environment, nourished and fertilized inter alia by ethical foundations, democratic and good governance, and conventions and practices that can give birth to a healthy teaching and research culture, sustain and protect it from every form of degradation. For this to be possible, such a mature academic culture has to venerate and choose the lifestyle of commitment, particularly to the following: scholarship and knowledge; objectivity and truth; tolerance and character building; criticism and dissent; staff students cooperation and collegiality, all of which are in the service of development.

Hindrance to the Integration of e-learning Adoption in Nigerian Universities

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Abasiama G. Akpan ◽  
Chris Eriye Tralagba
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
University Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
University System ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
The University

Electronic learning or online learning is a part of recent education which is dramatically used in universities all over the world. As well as the use and integration of e-learning is at the crucial stage in all developing countries. It is the most significant part of education that enhances and improves the educational system. This paper is to examine the hindrances that influence e-learning in Nigerian university system. In order to have an inclusive research, a case study research was performed in Evangel University, Akaeze, southeast of Nigeria. The paper demonstrates similar hindrances on country side. This research is a blend of questionnaires and interviews, the questionnaires was distributed to lecturers and an interview was conducted with management and information technology unit. Research had shown the use of e-learning in university education which has influenced effectively and efficiently the education system and that the University education in Nigeria is at the crucial stage of e-learning. Hence, some of the hindrances are avoiding unbeaten integration of e-learning. The aim of this research is to unravel the barriers that impede the integration of e-learning in universities in Nigeria. Nevertheless, e-learning has modified the teaching and learning approach but integration is faced with many challenges in Nigerian University.

Teaching in the Nigerian University System

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Paul A. Beckett
Keyword(s):  
University System ◽  
The World ◽  
Nigerian Government ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
The University

Fueled by oil money and the powerful belief of its people in the transforming power of education, the Nigerian university system may be expanding proportionately faster than any major system in the world. Consisting of only five universities (Ibadan, Nsukka, Ife, Lagos, and Ahmadu Bello in Zaria) during most of the first decade of independence, the 1970s have seen successive additions until the current projected number of universities is thirteen (spread among the twelve states that existed until 1976). The Nigerian government has indicated that it will try to hold the line at thirteen and not go through another round of new university creation so that each of the present nineteen states would have its own university. But even granting the leaders’ success in this resolve, the present commitments themselves mean that the university system will double in size between 1977 and the first years of the 1980s.

scholarly journals Attitudes and Opinions of Teachers towards Corporal Punishment

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Dr. Nuzhat Fatima ◽  
Dr. Shafqat Ali Janjua ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Nafees ◽  
Kamran Masood
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Difference Of Opinion ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Conducive Environment

Corporal Punishment yields negative impact on the behaviors of students and thus their learning achievements remain lower. Sometime, in a particular situation, students’ exhibit relatively better results but they actually get fed up with the learning enrolment and intrinsically intend to go away from teaching learning process. This study was under taken to get the opinion of primary school teachers and their practical behaviors towards corporal punishment at primary level in the Govt. Schools of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In order to collect data, a questionnaire containing 35 questions was developed in Urdu for seeking opinion of primary school teachers. The questionnaire had two parts; the first part pertained to information about different aspects related to the classroom situation while the second part contained an open-ended question asking for suggestions.  Stratified random sample technique was used but only those school were selected which were willing to respond and easy to approach.  Data collected through questionnaire were tabulated and analyzed.  Although difference of opinion was found among the teachers on all issues yet an overall majority opined that corporal punishment must not be there as it was the greatest negative variable for creating a conducive environment for teaching learning process. Key words:  Punishment, Learning Achievements, Learning Environment, Motivation, Satisfaction.

Faculty Using E-Journals in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 156-175
Author(s):  
Goodluck Ifijeh ◽  
Juliana Iwu-James ◽  
Roland Izuagbe ◽  
Humphrey Nwaogu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have affected every sphere of human endeavor, including teaching, learning, and research. The evolution of ICTs has brought about the emergence of electronic journals (also known as e-journals). This chapter focuses on electronic journals and their importance in teaching and research. It covers the evolution of e-journals in the education landscape and current trends in the use of e-journals in developing countries. The chapter also examines the challenges of e-journal usage in developing countries and made recommendations.

The Effects of the “Publish or Perish Syndrome” on Research and Innovation in Nigerian Universities

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-108
Author(s):  
Floribert Patrick C. Endong
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University System ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Nigerian University

The pressure to publish rapidly and constantly is a phenomenon engulfing academia in all countries of the globe. It has, over the years, affected research and innovation in a mostly negative way. In Nigerian universities in particular, this culture has mainly been a syndrome, manifested by (1) the urge among faculty members to publish more for promotions and positions than for genuine research production, (2) publishing for purely capitalistic motivations, (3) the use of unorthodox methodologies to boost citation index, and (4) fictive authorship of research works among others. All these objectionable practices have been responsible for various forms of decay in research and teaching in the Nigerian university system. They have, for instance, made plagiarism, data mining, predatory journals, duplicate publications, among other challenges, pervade research in Nigerian universities, causing innovation to remain more an ideal than a reality in these tertiary institutions. Using empirical understandings and critical observations, this chapter illustrates all these issues.

A study of Internet usage in Nigerian universities: A case study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (originally published in February 2003)

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kofoworola Jagboro
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
University System ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
E Mail

The Internet is arguably one of the most significant technological developments of the late 20th century. However, despite the added benefits of this tool to learning, teaching and research, a number of problems still plague Internet connectivity and usage in the Nigerian University system. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of utilization of the Internet for academic research at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to postgraduate students spanning art and science based programmes. The results from the analysis of the responses showed that the use of the Internet ranked fourth (17.26 percent) among the sources of research materials. However, respondents who use the Internet ranked research materials (53.42 percent) second to e-mail (69.86 percent). The study concludes that the use of the Internet for academic research would significantly improve through the provision of more access points at Departmental and Faculty levels.

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