This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools... more This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools, the e-Career Guidance System. The study was an educational research and development study and thus utilised the instrumentation research design. The formative evaluation of the developed programme was carried out using the pretest–posttest control-group quasi-experimental methodology. The researchers used the Students Career Awareness Questionnaire in collecting data for the experiment. The questionnaire was standardised, with a reliability index of .87. Sixty senior secondary two (SS 2) students were selected for the quasi-experiment using the purposive sampling technique. Thirty students were randomly assigned to the control group and the other thirty to the intervention group. The pretest and posttest data collected were analysed and used in testing the four null hypotheses in the study using analysis of covariance statistics. The results obtained showed that the e-Career Guidance System developed in this study produced a significant difference in the vocational self-awareness and career awareness of the sample in the experimental group in contrast to the sample in the control group. It was further observed from the analysis that gender did not interfere with the gains from the e-Career Guidance System. Based on these outcomes, the researchers concluded that the developed e-Career Guidance System has validity and could be used in the career guidance of male and female secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State and beyond.
Sex education and counselling: Insights from a survey of the influence of university students'... more Sex education and counselling: Insights from a survey of the influence of university students' attitudes toward sexually transmitted infections on their attitudes toward sex Abstract Attitude is a core construct in human behavior and therefore may be regarded as a window to predicting and understanding human behavior. This study examined the pattern of the influence of students' attitudes towards sexually transmitted infections on their attitudes towards sex. The researchers were inspired by concerns over the rising involvement of youths in sexual activism even though they are well aware of the prevalence and consequences of sexually transmitted infections. The question this study answered therefore was: How does the attitude of students towards sexually transmitted infections influence their attitude towards sex? The study utilized data from a larger survey on psychosocial variables and students' sexual attitudes to answer this research question. Analysis of the data sh...
Counseling practicum is an integral part of the counselor education curriculum and therefore requ... more Counseling practicum is an integral part of the counselor education curriculum and therefore requires careful planning, implementation, and evaluation. In this article, the researchers present the relevance of counseling practicum in counselor education programmes in Nigeria. The researchers explore the variations in field placement approaches and practicum duration globally. The researchers also further an understanding of the skills, knowledge and competencies expected from and for the trainee-counselors during the practicum exercise; discussing extensively how the practicum may assist trainees to develop professional skills and competencies. The researchers then advance key performance criteria that may be employed in gauging the success of every counseling practicum exercise. The researchers conclude by recommending, inter alia, that counseling practicum programme should be given the primacy it deserves in the counselor education programme and that such importance should reflect...
This article is an attempt to alert sexuality educators and counsellors to the viability of peer ... more This article is an attempt to alert sexuality educators and counsellors to the viability of peer association as machinery for propagating sexual ideals and mores. The study reported here examined the influence of peers on the sexuality of adolescents in public universities. The study utilised the ex post facto survey design; a randomised sample of 1,580 adolescent students; and the Tertiary Institution Students' Sexuality Questionnaire to answer the question: How do peer groups influence the sexuality of adolescent students in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Analysis of the data collected showed that peers have a persuasive influence on the sexuality of adolescent students in the public universities surveyed. Based on the dynamics of peer influence discussed from the findings, the researchers recommended among other things that peer counselling and peer education on sexuality should be designed and utilised in programmes of sexuality education. This will allow peers to p...
This article examines the effect of sexual self-esteem on adolescent students' sexuality. The... more This article examines the effect of sexual self-esteem on adolescent students' sexuality. The researchers utilized the ex post facto survey design to explore how sexual self-worth influences sexual dispositions among adolescents in universities. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and involved 1,580 randomly sampled adolescents in public universities. The research data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to answer the research question: How does sexual self-esteem influence the sexual dispositions of adolescent students in public universities? The outcome showed that students with low sexual self-esteem manifested inordinate sex-esteem and permissive sexual dispositions whereas adolescents with high sexual self-esteem manifested positive sexual dispositions. The researchers thus concluded that sexual self-esteem has a significant effect on the sexuality of adolescent university students. Based on this, it was recommended that sexuality education programs sh...
This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public... more This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public university adolescents. The survey utilised a researcher-made questionnaire to collect data from a random sample of 1580 adolescents from public universities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The questionnaire, Tertiary Institution Students' Sexuality Questionnaire, had a reliability index of .86 for the sexual attitude scale and .82 for Students' Exposure to Sexual content in the Media. Data collected were analysed using appropriate statistics to answer the question: How does exposure to sexual contents in the media influence the sexuality of adolescents in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Result of data analysis shows that students who were more exposed to sexual content in popular media manifested more negative sexual attitudes than their counterparts who were less exposed to sexual contents in the media. It was recommended that the sexuality of adolescents may be improved ...
This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioecono... more This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioeconomic variables (unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match, and occupational mobility) to overschooling at the tertiary education level. Based on this, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using stratified random sampling technique, this ex-pot-facto research selected 500 students for the study from the Postgraduate School, University of Uyo. The self-assessment Graduate Overschooling Questionnaire (GROQUE) designed by the researchers was used in obtaining data which was subsequently analysed using regression analysis. The results indicate that unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match had a potent collective effect on overschooling whilst occupational mobility returned as the most potent individual predictor of overschooling. The implication of these findings for entrepreneurship education was assessed.
This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools... more This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools, the e-Career Guidance System. The study was an educational research and development study and thus utilised the instrumentation research design. The formative evaluation of the developed programme was carried out using the pretest–posttest control-group quasi-experimental methodology. The researchers used the Students Career Awareness Questionnaire in collecting data for the experiment. The questionnaire was standardised, with a reliability index of .87. Sixty senior secondary two (SS 2) students were selected for the quasi-experiment using the purposive sampling technique. Thirty students were randomly assigned to the control group and the other thirty to the intervention group. The pretest and posttest data collected were analysed and used in testing the four null hypotheses in the study using analysis of covariance statistics. The results obtained showed that the e-Career Guidance System developed in this study produced a significant difference in the vocational self-awareness and career awareness of the sample in the experimental group in contrast to the sample in the control group. It was further observed from the analysis that gender did not interfere with the gains from the e-Career Guidance System. Based on these outcomes, the researchers concluded that the developed e-Career Guidance System has validity and could be used in the career guidance of male and female secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State and beyond.
Sex education and counselling: Insights from a survey of the influence of university students'... more Sex education and counselling: Insights from a survey of the influence of university students' attitudes toward sexually transmitted infections on their attitudes toward sex Abstract Attitude is a core construct in human behavior and therefore may be regarded as a window to predicting and understanding human behavior. This study examined the pattern of the influence of students' attitudes towards sexually transmitted infections on their attitudes towards sex. The researchers were inspired by concerns over the rising involvement of youths in sexual activism even though they are well aware of the prevalence and consequences of sexually transmitted infections. The question this study answered therefore was: How does the attitude of students towards sexually transmitted infections influence their attitude towards sex? The study utilized data from a larger survey on psychosocial variables and students' sexual attitudes to answer this research question. Analysis of the data sh...
Counseling practicum is an integral part of the counselor education curriculum and therefore requ... more Counseling practicum is an integral part of the counselor education curriculum and therefore requires careful planning, implementation, and evaluation. In this article, the researchers present the relevance of counseling practicum in counselor education programmes in Nigeria. The researchers explore the variations in field placement approaches and practicum duration globally. The researchers also further an understanding of the skills, knowledge and competencies expected from and for the trainee-counselors during the practicum exercise; discussing extensively how the practicum may assist trainees to develop professional skills and competencies. The researchers then advance key performance criteria that may be employed in gauging the success of every counseling practicum exercise. The researchers conclude by recommending, inter alia, that counseling practicum programme should be given the primacy it deserves in the counselor education programme and that such importance should reflect...
This article is an attempt to alert sexuality educators and counsellors to the viability of peer ... more This article is an attempt to alert sexuality educators and counsellors to the viability of peer association as machinery for propagating sexual ideals and mores. The study reported here examined the influence of peers on the sexuality of adolescents in public universities. The study utilised the ex post facto survey design; a randomised sample of 1,580 adolescent students; and the Tertiary Institution Students' Sexuality Questionnaire to answer the question: How do peer groups influence the sexuality of adolescent students in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Analysis of the data collected showed that peers have a persuasive influence on the sexuality of adolescent students in the public universities surveyed. Based on the dynamics of peer influence discussed from the findings, the researchers recommended among other things that peer counselling and peer education on sexuality should be designed and utilised in programmes of sexuality education. This will allow peers to p...
This article examines the effect of sexual self-esteem on adolescent students' sexuality. The... more This article examines the effect of sexual self-esteem on adolescent students' sexuality. The researchers utilized the ex post facto survey design to explore how sexual self-worth influences sexual dispositions among adolescents in universities. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and involved 1,580 randomly sampled adolescents in public universities. The research data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to answer the research question: How does sexual self-esteem influence the sexual dispositions of adolescent students in public universities? The outcome showed that students with low sexual self-esteem manifested inordinate sex-esteem and permissive sexual dispositions whereas adolescents with high sexual self-esteem manifested positive sexual dispositions. The researchers thus concluded that sexual self-esteem has a significant effect on the sexuality of adolescent university students. Based on this, it was recommended that sexuality education programs sh...
This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public... more This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public university adolescents. The survey utilised a researcher-made questionnaire to collect data from a random sample of 1580 adolescents from public universities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The questionnaire, Tertiary Institution Students' Sexuality Questionnaire, had a reliability index of .86 for the sexual attitude scale and .82 for Students' Exposure to Sexual content in the Media. Data collected were analysed using appropriate statistics to answer the question: How does exposure to sexual contents in the media influence the sexuality of adolescents in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Result of data analysis shows that students who were more exposed to sexual content in popular media manifested more negative sexual attitudes than their counterparts who were less exposed to sexual contents in the media. It was recommended that the sexuality of adolescents may be improved ...
This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioecono... more This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioeconomic variables (unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match, and occupational mobility) to overschooling at the tertiary education level. Based on this, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using stratified random sampling technique, this ex-pot-facto research selected 500 students for the study from the Postgraduate School, University of Uyo. The self-assessment Graduate Overschooling Questionnaire (GROQUE) designed by the researchers was used in obtaining data which was subsequently analysed using regression analysis. The results indicate that unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match had a potent collective effect on overschooling whilst occupational mobility returned as the most potent individual predictor of overschooling. The implication of these findings for entrepreneurship education was assessed.
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