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The Wellbeing and the Education of Special Needs Children within a Nigerian Cultural Context: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
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Okafor, Stella – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Disability is a common phenomenon globally, an experience that comes with many challenges and stress. This study focused on culture's role in the well-being and education of children with disabilities within a Nigerian cultural context. The specific problem this study addressed is that the well-being and education of children with disabilities…
Descriptors: Well Being, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities
Dissemination of English Culture in Chinua Achebe's "No Longer at Ease"
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Zarrinjooee, Bahman; Khatar, Shahla – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This paper deals with Chinua Achebe's (1930-2013) "No Longer at Ease" (1960) which depicts the dissemination of English culture in Nigeria and its effects on the life and identity of Obi Okonkwo, the Western educated male protagonist. The focus of this paper is on the dissemination of English culture and submission of Nigerian culture in…
Descriptors: Foreign Culture, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Stereotypes
Impact of Parent-Child Relationship on the Career Development Process of High School Students in Ibadan, Nigeria
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Salami, Samuel O.; Aremu, A. Oyesoji – Career Development International, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationships of parental attachment and psychological separation to the career development process of secondary school adolescents. Design/methodology/approach: An "ex post facto" survey research design was adopted. The sample comprised 242 (males = 121, females = 121) senior…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Multiple Regression Analysis, Foreign Countries
Educating Adults against Socioculturally Induced Abuse and Neglect of Children in Nigeria.
Mejiuni, Clara Olutoyin – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
This paper posits that maltreatment of children in Nigeria finds support in Nigerian cultures that permit and encourage such acts. The paper discusses sexual abuse; emotional abuse; child labor; variabilities within subcultures, social classes, and rural/urban settings; sociocultural factors precipitating abuse and neglect; and the role of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Class, Gender, and Societal Inequalities: A Study of Nigerian and Thai Undergraduate Students.
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Biraimah, Karen – Higher Education, 1994
A study compared the perceptions, family backgrounds, and educational and career aspirations of 741 Nigerian and Thai university students. Results suggest that class and gender both affect access to the university and career and educational objectives but that specific effects of class and gender depend on the cultural context. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Egbema-Ijo Customs and Traditions. Occasional Publication No. 17.
Tiemo, G. O. E. – 1968
Egbema, one of six Ijo groups in Nigeria, is an obscure group in danger of becoming dominated by the culture of its neighbors. The Ijo people appear to be socially, politically, and spiritually lost, and their dialects are disappearing. In the Ijo society physical appearance is important, and men and women wear specified dress. Performing…
Descriptors: Acculturation, African Culture, African History, African Languages