YEAR 2020 REVIEWED CURRICULUM AND SOCIAL STUDIES LECTURERS’ WORK PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the year 2020 reviewed curriculum and the work performance of Social Studies lecturers in the public Colleges of Education in Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 1,112 lecturers in the public Colleges of Education in Nigeria that are running Social Studies in Nigeria. 710 lecturers were purposively sampled for the study. Qualitative and quantitative questionnaire tagged “Reviewed Curriculum and Social Studies Lecturers Work Performance Questionnaire” (RCSSLWPQ) was used to elicit data for the study. Data collected through the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics include frequency counts, percentage, means, standard deviation and inferential statistic of t-test. The analysis was done at 0.5 level of significance.  It was discovered that the level of work performance of the Social Studies lecturers in public Colleges of Education in Nigeria was commendable; that the latest reviewed Social Studies curriculum was acceptable by the Social Studies lecturers and there were significant differences in the level of Social Studies lecturer’s work performance and the level of acceptability of latest Social Studies curriculum between Federal and State Colleges of Education in Nigeria. The study concluded that the reviewed Social Studies curriculum did not had negative impact on the lecturers work performance in the Nigeria College of Education. It was therefore recommended that inclusive decision-making processes involving lecturers should be adopted in the course of curriculum review and address concerns raised by lecturers regarding specific curriculum changes through dialogue.