PUPILS’ RELATED VARIABLES AS CORRELATE OF SKILLS ACQUISITION IN CREATIVE ARTS IN MORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE

Abstract

Creative Arts as a subject at primary school level is gradually going into extinction because of pupil’s attitude toward it and this could be seen in pupils’ performance in the subject. Therefore, this study examine pupils related variables as they correlate to skills acquisition in Creative Arts. The research design adopted for the study was descriptive design of correctional type.This population for this study comprised all the 2,495 primary five pupils. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 10 primary schools comprising 5 public and 5 private schools. The simple random sampling technique was also used to select 200 primary 5 pupils as sample size. The instruments used, Pupils’ Variables Rating Scale” (PVRS) and Creative Skills Rating Scale (CSRS) were validated and tested for reliability. The reliability index of 0.73 and 0.77were obtained. Inferential statistics of t-test and multiple regression were used to test the research hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that there was no significant difference in pupils’ skill acquisition in Creative Arts based on gender (t = .464; df = 198; P >0.05), there was no significant difference in the pupil’s skill acquisition in creative arts based on school type (t = .1.188; df = 198; P >0.05) while there was a significant relationship between pupils’ variables and skill acquisition of pupils in creative arts in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State (F (1,198) = 15110.618, P < 0.05. It was recommended among others that teachers should be encouraged to understand intrinsic and extrinsic variables of the pupils as the determine their skill acquisition in Creative Arts.