Hillary Wordu

Rivers State University of Science and Technology | RSUST · Department of Educational Foundations

The study investigated the availability of ICT resources for enhancing teachers' Instructional delivery in Private Secondary Schools in Port-Harcourt Metropolis. The purpose of the study was to investigate the availability, adequacy and utilization of ICT resources for enhancing teachers’ instructional delivery in the schools. The descriptive surve...

The descriptive survey design was adopted to investigate the effects of social media addiction on academic performance of students in public Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. To achieve this, four reseach questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population for the study was 2,786 final year students of...

The core goal of education has always been to transfer knowledge in order to achieve desirable change in the learner. However, gaining access to meaningful education resource has over time become a challenge learners and teachers in the educational system. Such change has led to a conscious search for appropriate learning resources. The emergence o...

This study spotlights literature review and analysis for connectivism and examines how connectivism theory has reshaped the traditional classroom to a smart classroom. The method attempts to identify the teachers role, importance and effects of incorporating connectivism in a smart classroom for21st century learning. It further identifies some cons...

Information and communication technology (ICT) has been considered as one of the most powerful tools in educational transformation such that every teacher and learner strive to have knowledge and understanding of how it affects their area of teaching and learning. This study determined the computer literacy level of teachers and its effectiveness i...

The study investigated the Extent of Implementation of the Basic Science Curriculum Component of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme in Port Harcourt Urban Schools, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. To achieve this five research questions were formulated to guide the study. The population of the study comprise...

The study examined digital literacy and teachers' job performance in universities in Rivers State. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. Design used for the study was correlation while the population of the study comprised all the 2,644 teaching staff in the three public universities in Rivers State and 347 teaching staff we...

The study adopted a survey research design to investigate the causes, effects and remedies to cases of residential building collapse in Nigeria, with implication for technical education. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised to guide the study. A sample of 86 drawn from a population of 460 registered builders in P...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relevant of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the rural mobilization and sustainable development in Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population consists the youths, communities leaders and operators of the following sectors; educational institutions,...

The study examined teachers' perceptions on the utilization of information and communication technology for the instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions were answered with two corresponding null hypotheses that were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significan...

The study examined the factors influencing the implementation of English Language curriculum among school types in selected Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Four objectives, four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised 660 tea...

The study investigated the perceived impact of information and communication technology on academic performance of students in senior secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. To achieve this, three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Population of the study was 31,996 year two...

This study investigated the issues of integrating modern technologies in teaching and learning of business education programme in tertiary Institutions in Rivers State-Nigeria. Three research questions were posed to guide the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research was used which adopte...

The study assessed the Employability skills of Mechanical Technology Graduates in Automobile Industry in Rivers State. Two (2) objectives, two (2) research questions and one (1) hypotheses guided the study.The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 28 lecturers in Technical Education in College of Educatio...

Paramount among the global influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the core fact that ICT has paved way for the increased availability accessibility, exchange and usability of information among students despite their geographical locations. The restrictions and forced social distancing that came with the outbreak of Corona Vi...

This study presents the usability analysis of the Panasonic HC-X1000 Camcorder and its relationship with ergonomics by evaluating the level of satisfaction, learning, affordability, efficiency, incoherence, memorability, visibility, health, safety and risks and the design effects of the device on users, such as weight, video resolution, image size...

The study examined digital media as predictor of antisocial behaviour among adolescents' students in senior secondary schools in Imo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlation research design. The Taro Yamen's formular was used to determine the sample size from the population of study. A sample of 390 Adolescents' senior secondary school stude...

The study focused on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as an effective tool and resource for quality learning enhancement in National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Nigeria. The study is an opinion paper and adopted literature analysis technique. It looked at the relevance and importance of ICT in teaching and learning, how ICT m...

The main focus of this study was to determine the effect of constructivist instructional strategy on academic achievement on academic achievement of social studies students in Junior Secondary School (JSS) in Rivers State, Nigeria.The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design. a pretest-posttest, non-equivalent control group. Four objectiv...

Teachers' access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the present era of technological driven society has occupied a central position in education all over the globe. This is because the integration of ICT into teaching/ learning has drastically impacted heavily on and transformed the business of schools, teaching/learning content a...

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced the total closure of all educational institutions nationwide, following the declaration of the novel COVID-19 as Pandemic. As a follow up, the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Ezebunwor Wike directed that the state owned higher education institutions should immediately resort to the use of virtual c...

The application of Information and Communication Technology is becoming more widespread in almost all sectors of human endeavors, including education. In schools, ICT is applied in teaching and learning, and in school administration. The school administrators now use ICT to achieve administrative effectiveness and efficiency in their mandatory func...

This research adopted a descriptive survey design to determine the influence of social media on the academic performance of students in three universities. The universities are Rivers State University, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, and the University of Port Harcourt, all in Rivers State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study, thre...

The main purpose of this study is to consider the competence of teachers for effective teaching and learning for the 21 st century schools in Nigeria. It is an opinion paper and adopts literature analysis. The study focuses on the concept of competence and further attempts to identify some common teachers' competence. Some constraints to these comp...

This paper examines the transformational roles of educational technology in teaching and learning in the 21 st century. It is expected that teachers and learners will maximize the benefits of educational technology in our classrooms. The work highlights the journey from traditional classrooms to technology based onelearning environments. It also id...

The techniques and processes the teacher teach and the learner also learn are conducted, like many other human endeavours, are taking a new approach since the introduction of educational technologies in schools. The old traditional less-flexible ways of teaching and learning have largely replacing with Web-based learning (WBL). Web-based or e-learn...

The techniques and processes the teacher teach and the learner also learn are conducted, like many other human endeavours, are taking a new approach since the introduction of educational technologies in schools. The old traditional less-flexible ways of teaching and learning have largely replacing with Web-based learning (WBL). Web-based or e-learn...

The study examined the extent to which information and communication technology resources were acquired and utilized in the administration of public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. Four research questions guided the study and four hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the descriptive survey research desig...

This study examined the roles played by non-governmental organizations on the environmental protection of Ogoni in Rivers State. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted in this research work. A population of 770 with a sample size of 257 was used. The instrument was a self-...

The Purpose of the study was to identify topics perceived as difficult by Electrical and Electronics Trades Students in the study of Technical Drawing Curriculum in the four Government Technical Colleges in Rivers State. To achieve this, survey design was employed. The Population of the study was 216 final year students of Electrical and Electronic...

The study scaling-up mechanical craft practice trade facilities in technical college for sustainable national development in Rivers State. Population of the study consists of 37 respondents, comprising 22 teachers and 15 technical instructors from three government owned technical colleges and one Government Craft Development Centre in Rivers State....

The study assessed qualities required of Metal Works Technology teachersfor efficient services delivery for global competitiveness in Rivers State.Population of the study consists of16 VTE doctorate degree Students of Rivers State University, Port Harcourt and 19VTE doctorate degree Students of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, P...

The study investigated the relationship between school plant provision and academic performances of secondary school students in Tai and Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. To achieve this purpose, four research questions and four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A survey design was adopted. A sample size of 416 students...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relevant of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the rural mobilization and sustainable development in Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population consists the youths, communities leaders and operators of the following sectors; educational institutions,...

The study on manpower development and entrepreneurship skills of Business Education undergraduate students on industrial training scheme in state owned universities was necessitated by the need to ensure that Business Education undergraduates in the area acquire relevant skills for entrepreneurial success. Two research questions guided the study an...

The study investigated e-learning systems for remedying deficiencies in teaching and learning in tertiary institutions in West Africa. The modern technologies have engaged the attention of many today particularly the youth on the use of cell phones, laptops projection, flash drive, Video Compact Disk (VCD) and television. The propensity of informat...

Good educational philosophy, policies and strategies are not farfetched: but educational resources and capacity development of the teachers for curriculum implementation practices are never always easy to come by. The study investigated strategic resources for curriculum implementation practices for sustainable development goals achievement in Rive...

This study investigated students' perception of the inclusion of nanotechnology topics in the senior secondary school Agricultural Science curriculum in Rivers State, Nigeria. The research work used survey design with a population of 180 students and a sample size of 60 derived by stratified proportionate sampling technique. The study was guided by...

The paper is on roles of technologist in the teaching and learning of Agricultural Science in Secondary schools in Nigeria: Implication for Effective Curriculum implementation. The study reviewed the agricultural science curriculum and the objectives for studying the subject, the need for the establishment of the national board for technical educat...

This paper is on innovations in vocational education curriculum practices in the 21 st century Nigerian Secondary school system: The Rivers State experience. It discussed innovations, concepts of vocational education and how it can hold the students interest. Furthermore, the paper encouraged that innovation can only be guaranteed if students do th...

The Nigeria University Commission (NUC) introduced the Entrepreneurship education into the curriculum of tertiary educational institutions to equip students and to make them self-relevance on graduation. As a means of controlling and reducing unemployment rate, self-employment was envisaged through the entrepreneurship education. It is on this real...

Global attention to sustainable development has heightened with the adoption of the seventeen sustainable development goals in 2015. United Nations has set some sustainable development goals, viz., eradication of poverty, reduction of hunger, provision of good health, achieving well-being, and access to quality education etc. that can be exploited...

This study investigated the influence of gender and class learning environment on studentsàcademic achievement in Mathematics in Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. The study adopted was a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised one thousand six hundred and twenty (1620) Senior Secondary two Students in eight randomly Sampled Urban a...

The purpose of the study was to do a comparative analysis of the National Open University of Nigeria academic programme components of Port Harcourt centre. The specific objectives were :to identify whether the curriculum of NOUN programmed meets the standard of the conventional universities, to determine if the qualifications of teachers of NOUN pr...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the management of school plant by principals for effective instructional delivery in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. To achieve this, four research questions and four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A systematic random sampling technique was adopted to samp...

This study investigated instructional delivery models and students' academic performance in senior secondary school Agricultural Sciences in Rivers State, Nigeria. The research work used pure experimental design (posttest only) with a population of 100 students and a sample size of 60 derived random sampling technique. The study was guided by four...

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-help initiative and sustainable community development in Emohua and Port Harcourt City Local Government Areas of Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a population of 4,600 subjects and sample size of 460 respondents, representing 10% of the total population of s...

The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of an improvised furnace on students’ performance in foundry technology in technical colleges in Rivers State. The study adopted research and development incorporating quasi-experimental design. It involved the use of control group, pre-test – post test design. The population of 194 students...

The study examines the extent to which vocational skills offered in technical colleges are correlated with skills demanded for job-entry employment in the manufacturing industries in Rivers State. It further identifies what inputs and adjustment needed to optimize the efforts of technical colleges. To achieve this, all the instructors in the three...