The Impacts of the Internet on Teenager’s Social Development Today’s Teenagers use technology more than ever. Most of them have Internet access‚ which they use to send and receive email‚ instant messages‚ live chat‚ and more. Rarely do they stop to think about how harmful the Internet can be‚ such as exposure to pornography‚ cyber-bullying‚ sexting (an act of sending sexually explicit materials)‚ etc. However‚ the Internet has adverse affects on teenager’s social life‚ mental health and physical
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The case of youth unemployment in Nigeria has been a popular discourse with various perspectives to causes and consequences of unemployment. The rate of youth unemployment has been alarming according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2004‚ young people aged between 15-24 years made up 52.9% of the total number of unemployed persons while those aged between 25-44 made up a further 41.1% . It is also estimated that there would be 14 million new entrants into the labour market between 2009-2011
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Culture’s Impact on Education and Development Children’s participation in education is considerably influenced by several different cultural customs and tendencies. In my opinion‚ culture signifies a common set of beliefs and values. Different school systems practice what their particular culture believes in and how their culture believes education should take place and be taught. Different cultures have a complete diverse set of expectations for what they believe “normal” school behavior consists
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The Internet and Youth Culture Gustavo S. Mesch ince the internet and other media have been adopted and integrated into the daily lives of an increasing number of young adolescents in Western countries‚ scholars and commentators are debating the impact of these new media on the activities‚ social relationships‚ and worldviews of the younger generations. Controversies about whether technology shapes values‚ attitudes‚ and patterns of social behavior are not new. In the recent past‚ the rapid expansion
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria like most developing nations of the world is faced with myriad of problems and harsh realities which include poverty‚ unemployment‚ conflicts and diseases. These situations pose great challenges to the very existence of individuals in most developing nations thereby calling for the training of educated man and women who can function effectively in the society in which they live in. available information by National Universities Commission (NUC) (2004) reiterate the massive
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50 The Internet and Youth Culture Gustavo S. Mesch S ince the internet and other media have been adopted and integrated into the daily lives of an increasing number of young adolescents in Western countries‚ scholars and commentators are debating the impact of these new media on the activities‚ social relationships‚ and worldviews of the younger generations. Controversies about whether technology shapes values‚ attitudes‚ and patterns of social behavior are not new. In the recent past‚ the
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Distance Education-TOJDE January 2006 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 7 Number: 1 Article: 2 Problems and Prospects of Open and Distance Education in Nigeria Mudasiru Olalere YUSUF (Ph.D) Senior lecturer (Educational Technology) Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology‚ Faculty of Education University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin NIGERIA ABSTRACT Distance education as a mean of providing access to education‚ particularly tertiary level education‚ has gained great prominence in the world. Nigeria has
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that whoever contributed to the development of mankind was trained and prepared to do that deed in his youth. After all it is the foundations which determine the rigidity and strength of the edifice to be built on them. Likewise‚ if youth of a nation is not prepared and groomed well in time ‚ the nation is destined to doom .It is the youth that holds the reigns of any country and steers it either to stellar heights or an abysmal failure. "The duty of youth is to challenge corruption".(Kurt
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OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA COURSE OUTLINE 1. Concept and Rationale of History of education 2. A Brief History of Education in Ancient Greek and Roman Empire 3. African Indigenous System of Education/African Traditional Education 4. Islamic Education in Nigeria 5. Christian Missionary/Western Education in Nigeria 6. Nigerian Education Since 1960 THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION There seems to be no universally accepted definition of the word ‘education’. But this is not peculiar with education alone
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ABSTRACT: No doubt education is the bedrock of development of any country or nation. But unfortunately Education in Nigeria is bisected with myriads of problems. The aim of the study is to identify and provide solutions to the problems that are mitigating about the success in the education sector of the country. For meaningful development to take place in the educational sector; the government need to re-address the issue of multiple system of education‚ diversification in the education system‚ unstable
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