Impact of Gender on Affective Dispositions of Students in Colleges of Education

Bulus Mgwaongs Dalyop
(Federal Airport Authourity of Nigeria (FAAN), Abuja, Nigeria)

Abstract: This study investigated the impact of the Social Studies curriculum on the affective dispositions of students of Colleges of Education in North-West Zone of Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to determine the level of NCE I and NCE III male and female students’ affective dispositions in the area of empathy, compassion, appreciation of cultural diversity and respect for individual human rights. One hypothesis was generated and survey and causal comparative designs were adopted for the study. A sample of 3970 NCE students were carefully selected through a proportionate stratified sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed and tagged Student-Teachers’ Affective Disposition Rating Scale (SADRS) and used for the study. Data were collected and analyzed using t-test statistic. Results indicated that, the Social Studies curriculum has significant impact on affective disposition of NCE social studies students. There was no significant gender difference in affective disposition of NCE III students in respect for empathy, compassion, and appreciation of cultural diversity. However, there was a significant gender difference in affective disposition of NCE III students in respect for individual human rights in favour of the male students among others. Based on these findings, the researcher made some recommendations on the way forward.

Key words: affective domain, gender, empathy, compassion, appreciation for cultural diversity, respect for individual human rights, social studies curriculum