Practitioners Position on Play and Learning in Early Childhood : Evidence of Overschooling

Play is an integral part of development in early years. Play actually is work to children because it is through it they learn skills that enhance their development in the different domain. This study investigated Practitioners understanding of play in early years. It is a cross sectional study of 193 Nursery and lower Primary school teachers in 15 schools in North Senatorial District in Southern Nigeria. The Instrument used for the study was Play and Learning Questionnaire which was developed and validated by the researcher. The results showed that most practitioners agreed that play is important in early years but about 47.7%  believe that  play does not improve learning. It was recommended that there is the need for retraining of teachers in early years of the place of play in learning and learning activities

Practitioners Position on Play and Learning in Early Childhood : Evidence of Overschooling

Play is an integral part of development in early years. Play actually is work to children because it is through it they learn skills that enhance their development in the different domain. This study investigated Practitioners understanding of play in early years. It is a cross sectional study of 193 Nursery and lower Primary school teachers in 15 schools in North Senatorial District in Southern Nigeria. The Instrument used for the study was Play and Learning Questionnaire which was developed and validated by the researcher. The results showed that most practitioners agreed that play is important in early years but about 47.7%  believe that  play does not improve learning. It was recommended that there is the need for retraining of teachers in early years of the place of play in learning and learning activities

Creativity, Locus of Control and Risk Tolerance as Predictors of Students’ Entrepreneurial Inclination in Nigerian Public Universities

This study investigated the relationship between creativity, locus of Control, risk tolerance and entrepreneurial inclination of students in Nigerian public universities. Two thousand, nine hundred and thirty (2930) students were sampled from the three universities.  Four valid and reliable research instruments were used in gathering data for the study. The findings revealed that the combination of creativity, locus of control and risk tolerance effectively predicted the students’ entrepreneurial inclination. In addition, creativity made the highest contribution to the prediction of the students’ entrepreneurial inclination, followed by risk tolerance, which is followed locus of control. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that there should be content curriculum review, sensitization, advocacy and mobilization of support for entrepreneurship education at all levels of education system in Nigeria. Also that, to enhance the smooth implementation of the entrepreneurship education programs in schools, the teachers should be adequately trained through conferences, seminars and workshops to sharpen their skills