UNDERGRADUATES’ MINDSET TOWARDS THE STUDY OF PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN

Abstract

The study examined the attitudes of undergraduates towards the study of Primary Education Studies in University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design survey. The population of the study covered all 705 undergraduates in the Primary Education Studies unit in the Department of Adult and Primary Education in the session 2021/2022, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, while the target population comprised of all the 300 and 400 level undergraduates in the unit representing 384 undergraduates. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 100 students from each level and this gave a total population of 200 participants. The instrument that was adopted for the collection of the data was a questionnaire, titled: Questionnaire on the Attitude of Undergraduate towards Primary Education Studies (QAUSPES). The research question that was raised was analyzed using Frequency distribution and percentages, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses formulated. The findings revealed that there is negative attitude of undergraduate towards the study of primary education studies as a course. Also, it was revealed from the findings that there is significant difference in the attitudes of undergraduate towards the study of primary education studies in University of Ilorin on the basis of gender, and there is no significant difference in the attitudes of undergraduate towards the study of primary education studies in the university of Ilorin on the basis of level of study. It was recommended among others that students who meet up with the admission criteria should always be considered for their course of choice.