CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Man’s capacity to learn, to organize learning, to communicate this learning as knowledge, to other members of the species, and to act on the basis of learning and knowledge constitute the subject matter of education (Golsin, 1965). According to develop his mental capacity in such a way as to arm him to play a specific role in a developing programme. It also sets value on the human factor in development which makes man capable of shaping his history. Malue (1968) had strongly argued that a country will never be developed unless education is developed because it is through better education that maximum use can be made of human resources.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Nigerian education system is in shambles because of lack of reasoning in the curriculum and this has destabilized the nation’s economic and social progress. The learner centred method, if applied will help to remedy the drastic situation encountered in social studies education.
There are two main phases to the problems of Nigerian education system.
These are:
Problem of what to teach
How to teach