Dispositional and Contextual Factors Predicting School Safety Among Adolescent in Lagos State, Nigeria.
DISPOSITIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS PREDICTING SCHOOL SAFETY AMONG ADOLESCENT IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA.
BY
AWOTUNBO TUNDE DAMOLA
MATRIC NO: 162699
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN EDUCATION (M.ED)
IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
JULY 2012
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that the research work was carried out by AWOTUNBO, Tunde Damola with MATRIC NO 162699 in the Department of Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
______________________ _________________ DR AYO HAMMED DATE (Supervisor)
DEDICATION
This study is dedicated to the glory of God and to my Late Father Mr. J.O Awotunbo, may his soul rest in perfect peace. (Amen)
ABSTRACT
Since the inception of formal school environment the issue of school safety, has been a burdensome concern to the parent, guardian, teachers, counsellors, school authority/management, the students (adolescent), the government and other educational stakeholder. Nevertheless the prevalence of unsafe school environments has been most disturbing. Unsafe teaching and learning environment creates negative effects on teachers’ morale, students’ academic achievement and the running of the school. The failure of management policies may be as a result of less knowledge and synergy of salient factors into models that could enhance safe school environment. The primary concern of this research is to examine the effect of dispositional (self concept, self regulation and locus of
BY
AWOTUNBO TUNDE DAMOLA
MATRIC NO: 162699
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN EDUCATION (M.ED)
IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
JULY 2012
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that the research work was carried out by AWOTUNBO, Tunde Damola with MATRIC NO 162699 in the Department of Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
______________________ _________________ DR AYO HAMMED DATE (Supervisor)
DEDICATION
This study is dedicated to the glory of God and to my Late Father Mr. J.O Awotunbo, may his soul rest in perfect peace. (Amen)
ABSTRACT
Since the inception of formal school environment the issue of school safety, has been a burdensome concern to the parent, guardian, teachers, counsellors, school authority/management, the students (adolescent), the government and other educational stakeholder. Nevertheless the prevalence of unsafe school environments has been most disturbing. Unsafe teaching and learning environment creates negative effects on teachers’ morale, students’ academic achievement and the running of the school. The failure of management policies may be as a result of less knowledge and synergy of salient factors into models that could enhance safe school environment. The primary concern of this research is to examine the effect of dispositional (self concept, self regulation and locus of
References: • On April 29th, 2002 Dragoslav Petkovic opened fire with a handgun at his high school in Vlasenica, Bosnia-Herzgovina, killing one teacher and wounding another before taking his own life. • On April 26th, 2002 Robert Steinhauser who was expelled from high school in Erfurt, Germany returned to the school shot to death 13 teachers, two students, and a police officer before killing himself. 2.1.1 Existential theory of School Safety Recent incidences of extreme school violence have increased focus on school violence (Sprague & Walker, 2000; Vaughan, 1998) Existentialism and Adolescents Children and adolescents do experience existential suffering in spite of common assumptions that children lack the advanced cognitive skills and spiritual maturity often associated with existential suffering (Attig, 1996)