Volume 14, 2025
Empowering Primary School Teachers in Nigeria: Exploring their Role in Fostering Social Skills through Affective Domain Measures
Stephen Banwar, WANLOR & Cecilia Chiebonam, EZULIKE
Abstract
Empowering Primary School Teachers in Nigeria: Exploring their role in Fostering Social Skills Through
Affective Domain Measures in continuous assessment is aimed at developing a manual for the training of
primary school teachers. A sample of 147 teachers were drawn from a population of 1470.The cross-sectional
survey design was adopted. Proportionate to size sampling technique was used. The instrument (RNPT-IADM)
of the study was a self- developed questionnaire. The content validity of the instrument was sought through
expert judgments. The Cronbach Alpha method was used and a reliability coefcient of 0.83 was obtained. The
ndings show that the teachers found respect and appearance easy to implement while honesty, obedience, self-
control and relationships traits difcult to implement. There are no signicant differences in the implementation
according to gender, school type and school location for t-test at Alpha = 0.05. It is concluded that the
implementation of the affective domain measures is critical in averting the current trend of insecurity in Nigeria
and recommended among others that teachers should be trained on its implementation by stakeholders like the
State Universal Basic Education Board and using such traits alongside the cognitive records of pupils for
promotions.
Keywords
Primary School,Teachers, Social Skills, Affective Domain
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