Extra-curricular activities and primary school pupils’ academic self-efficacy in Gwale local government area, Kano State, Nigeria
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2017-05
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Kampala International University, College/School of Education
Abstract
Extra Curricular activities and primary pupils academic self efficacy is based the current study
which was carried out to establish the extent of primary school pupils’ participation in extra
curricular activities in Gwale Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria; to find out the
degree of primary school pupils’ self-efficacy in Gwale Local Government Area, Kano State,
Nigeria; and to assess the relationship between extra-curricular activities and primary school
pupils’ self-efficacy in Gwale Local Government Area in the Kano State of Nigeria.The study
was based on Spearman’s two-factor theory of intelligence and Piaget’s theory of Constructivism
Itemployed a cross sectional survey design, using quantitative approach.A sample of 400 pupils
was taken from ten primary schools. This was got using Morgan & Krejicie (1971) method of
determining the sample from a given population. To get the data, the researcher used selfadministered questionnaire on extra-curricular activities and a standardized questionnaire of
likert scale type, the Morgan-Jinks Students Efficacy Scale (MJSES). The MJSES is an inventory
designed for middle school students to gain information about student efficacy beliefs that are
related to school success. The collected data were analysed using the arithmetic mean and the
Pearson’s Linear Correlation Coefficient.The findings were that the pupils’ participation in extra
curricular activities was being done to a large extent, given the arithmetic mean of 2.8; pupils’
degree of self-efficacy was high, given the grand arithmetic mean of 2.55; and there is a
significant relationship between extra-curricular activities and pupils’ perceived academic self efficacy in primary schools in Gwale Local Government Area in the Kano State of Nigeria
0.003). Based on these findings, the following recommendations are made by the researcher.
Though pupils’ participation in extra-curricular activities was found to be high, there is need to
make it higher due to the need of balancing studies with leisure, as well as the many advantages
of extra-curricular activities. In doing this however, academics need not be compromised. Given
the pupils’ high level of self-efficacy, there is need for them to be more confident and have very
high self-efficacy because the more one feels the ability to do something, the more one is likely
to do it; and given the finding that the pupils who highly participated in extra-curricular activities
highly felt the confidence to perform well academically , and those who participated less in
extra-curricular activities felt that they would not perform well academically.
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A dissertation submitted to the college of education, open distance and e-learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master’s degree of education in early childhood education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Extra-curricular activities, Primary school pupils, Academic self-efficacy, Kano State, Nigeria