Homework as a Pedagogical Practice and Its Influence on Family Life in Nigeria: Implications for Social Studies

Abstract

This study is titled ‘homework as a pedagogical practice and its influence on family life in Nigeria: Implication for Social Studies'. The purpose of the study is to x-ray the pedagogical use and misuse of homework, its impact on family life and its implications for Social Studies Education in Nigeria. The purposive population of the study comprises of parents, teachers and Upper Basic Education students of public and private schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to sample one hundred and fifty respondents each from parents, teachers, and from Upper Basic class to talling 450 respondents. The statistical weighted average mean was used to answer research question. t- test statistics was used to test the formulated hypothesis. It was found that home work as a pedagogical practice has influence on family life and relationships. There is significant difference between home work as a pedagogical practice and family life regarding the owner of the schools. Based on this findings, it is recommended among others that Policy makers should organise workshops and seminars on the modus operandi of home work in our educational system, standard should be set by government for all stakeholders on how to go about home work in our schools, Social Studies should be reorganised to teach family values and teachers should not use home work to replace the quality of their works during classroom pedagogy.