Revamping the Tripartite Learning Domains in Education; Basis for Co-Curricular activities in Nigerian Schools

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VIII, Issue XI, November 2021 | ISSN 2321–2705

Revamping the Tripartite Learning Domains in Education; Basis for Co-Curricular activities in Nigerian Schools

Olatunbosun E. Ogunseemi, Yetunde Eniola-Arigbe and Busayo V. Olanipekun
College of Education, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (Nigeria)

evelopment, which is an educational program that considers the ‘3Hs’ (Head, Heart and Hand) or rather the cognitive, affective and the psychomotor objectives of education according to theorists of learning. Hence, this study investigates how co-curricular activities can actually complement the core-curriculum in the school and as well groom the students in the art of living and working together. This is an experimental study that employed co-curricular drill and practice rating scale and observation checklists verify and observe the process of involvement in co-curricular activities among basic education students. The sample involves intact class of Junior secondary school (JSS2) of University Demonstration Secondary School Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study employs inferential statistics with predictions for numerical outcomes at 0.05 level of significance to check for impact of co-curricular activities on the students’ cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills. The study lasts for Thirteen (13) weeks. Findings were based on T-test analysis of the data collected in the study. It was concluded that co-curricular activities are particularly good at providing opportunities for students to work in teams, to exercise leadership, to personally take initiative and above all prepare students practically for the future. The study suggests a framework by which school activities can be designed to create a chance for all round development of the child.

Keyword: Curriculum, Basic Education, Sustainable Development, 3H

I. INTRODUCTION

Background to the study

In the early days of education particularly in Nigeria, the primary emphasis was on the learning of information and pursuit of knowledge with rote learning of facts and the reading of the classics. The focus of educators on their students then did not extend beyond the school. Whereas Adeyemo (2010) have discovered that students who participate in activities are found to be more academically sound than their counterparts who do not. Co-curricular activities according to Ritchie (2018) provides students with alternatives to mischief in their leisure time, it will also lessen the intake of substances like drugs, alcohol and the likes when they are not in school.

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