Re-Thinking Social Studies Education for Effective Citizenship in Twenty-First Century Nigeria

Abstract

The premised the inability of school Social Studies to attain its set objectives on the lopsided emphasis on the Cognitive rather than on the Affective domain of learning. Accordingly,  paper called for a re-thinking  and re-positioning of the subject in terms of its objectives, content and methodology. It also advocated for a regular exposure of Social Studies teachers to professional development programmes. Finally, the paper recommended the development of test instruments for the measuring of the Affective domain of learning.