Volume 6 · Issue 1 — 2018

Early childhood educators consent to the fact that play is crucial to children?s learning and development irrespective of their cultural variations. Many of the developmental tasks such as exploring, risk-taking, development of fine and gross motor skills as well as the acquisition of basic knowledge needed for later years are most effectively learned through outdoor play. In the past, children enjoyed playing outside their houses, in the neighbourhood, gardens, open fields even on waste grounds. They were intimately involved with nature through climbing of trees, hunting, fishing, playing under showers of rain among other thrilling outdoor experiences. The same cannot be said of children of this contemporary world. Many of them seem not to be engaging sufficiently in these pleasurable and memorable activities as children of old. This however can be associated with the misconception of what outdoor play is and modern parents? perception of what children need for healthy mental, physical, social, emotional growth and development. This article, therefore provided some empirical-supported values of outdoor play and its place in the holistic development of children. Also, some factors responsible for the decline of children?s engagement in outdoor play our contemporary world was highlighted. Possible ways to maximize the free gifts of nature outside our houses wereequally discussed.

Education is an asset that an individual must possess and acquire because it is an instrument par excellence for national development. The use of Information and Communication Technology has advanced the education sector in Nigeria mostly in tertiary institutions as a result of information provision. This study therefore investigates ICTs use and library information resources in enhancing a sustainable educational development in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Survey research method was adopted for the study; undergraduate students of University of Ibadan were selected for this study. Data collected were analyzed using frequency count, analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression and correlation statistical tool to test for the relative contribution and the significant relationship between ICTs use, library information resources to the prediction of sustainable educational development tested at 5% level of significance. The results revealed that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has contributed to the development of education in the study area with Computer (Laptop) 341(97.7%) which ranked highest. The findings also revealed that the use of library information resources by the undergraduates was very highly utilized with textbook 219 (62.8%) which ranked highest. The findings reveal that reading for examination 349(100.0%) was the major purpose of using information resources by the undergraduate. It also revealed limited number of computers 314(90.0%) as one of the major constraints of information resources utilisation in the university. The study revealed that there was a significant combined effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable, (F (2,346) =7.724, P<0.05). It also revealed that information resources use (Beta = .203, t=3.860, p<0.05) and ICT use (Beta =.149, t=1.515, p>0.05) are potent predictor factors of educational development. It further revealed that information resources use (r =.201**, p<0.05) and ICT use(r =-.147**, p<0.05) positively correlated to the prediction of educational development of students. The study recommended that government should make computer and internet facilities available at all levels of our educational system as this is expected to improve the academicperformance of students in our higher institutions. 

The growth of African poetry written in English medium has been credited to a number of African pioneer poets whose verses have been published in English. These poets have modeled their verse artistry to Eurocentric style though with traces of African oral tradition. The contemporary Nigerian poets, however, have continued to implant oral traditions in their works in a bid to sustain the values of traditional and cultural heritage of the African society. The paper, therefore examines, instances of imaginative engravings of traditional myths, legends, symbols, images, proverbs, rituals, and other oral traditions in contemporary Nigerian poetry. While focusing on eclectically selected poems of Nigerian poets, the study probes into the sustenance of aesthetic values of oral tradition into the scripting of verses published in English expression. Using the structuralism with its cultural strand, the study further investigates how the aesthetics of oral tradition of performance, the communal spirit of the verbal art, resonate in written and published poetry in English. The study discovers that female poets also contribute towards the recreation of traditional verbal poetics in their verses. The study concludes that contemporary Nigerian poets have continued to implant the abundance of traditional oral heritage into their scripted verses in English. It submits that the borrowings from oral cultural identity have helped to bridge the gap between oral verbal artand the written expression in the received language.

The issue of transformational management in the context of higher education is a crucial role in the achievement of the goals of higher education. This paper traced the history of higher education in Nigeria, it examined the concept of management transformation and higher education. It went further to examine the goals of higher education as stipulated in the Nigeria National Policy on Education. The issues of transformational management in higher educational institution was examined and the challenges facing such transformation highlighted, recommendations were given which includes that to advance transformational management in the higher education there should be mobilization of financial support from government and donors for higher education leadership and management programmes. It was concluded that higher education in Nigeria is the highest level of education where the adequate manpower of the nation is produced and so, should be able to embrace changes that build its graduates in such a way that they would be able to compete with their counterparts globally. 

The focus of this study was to determine the relationship between security personnel training, compensation and environmental security in Universities in Oyo State. The sample for the study comprised of thirty six security personnel respectively across three tertiary institutions in Oyo State; University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso and Lead City University out of the four institutions in Oyo State (University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Lead City University, Ibadan, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo,).The data collected was used to test two hypotheses, the descriptive statistics was used.The compensation-environmental security personnel training questionnaire was used for the study (CESPT) r = 0.821. Hypothesis one showed that r = (0.074), p<.05. Since p< 0.05, the null hypothesis was rejected and therefore conclude that there is a significant relationship between training of security personnel and the environmental security of Universities in Oyo State.Hypothesis two showed that r = (-0.038), p<.05 (0.035). Since p< 0.05, null hypothesis was rejected and therefore conclude that there is a significant relationship between compensation of security personnel and the environmental security of Universities in Oyo State. It is therefore recommended that security personnel should undergo regular trainings and they should be better compensated as this will encourage them to be hard working. 

One of the several purposes of education is the acquisition of knowledge required to refine man in terms of behaviour and attitudes.Educational process has as one of its focuses, the affective domain, which is expected to influence man?s attitudes, behaviour and character. Several works had been carried out on attitudes of man but not many had been done in the aspect of human nature as a factor that can influence moral behaviours. Philosophy comes handy in the inculcation of right moral actions as its component of axiology, through the aspect of ethics, encourages cultivation of right and good attitudes in interpersonal relations to guarantee security and development of the society. In ensuring this, understanding the nature of man as one of the contents of Philosophy of Education becomes expedient in order to find out good approaches by which the process of education can build right moral attitudes and actions in man for the purpose of securing and developing the society.This paper attempts to examine in a philosophical discourse, the place of human nature in cultivating right moral attitudes.It discusses concepts like hedonism, rationalism and virtue.This isto justify the essence of educational process as an instrument per excellence to achieve security and development aspirations of the society.The paper recommends among several others the need to structure contents of each lesson in the classrooms towards acquisition of appropriate social values and virtues that can enable learners become rational in their decision making. It also suggested that a philosophical understanding of the nature of man will enable teachers as well as school counsellors to be more effective in their professional responsibilities.The paper concludes by stating that an understanding of the nature of man and its philosophical implications will enable educators practice their profession efficiently to attain society?s desired goals of secured and developed environment

This study was aimed at understanding how psycho-social factors predict financial risk tolerance. The study adopted a cross-sectional design and a convenience sampling technique on a sample of Nigerian undergraduates drawn from the Department of Psychology of the University of Lagos. Participants were administered questionnaire containing demographic questions such as age and gender; Dispositional Greed Scale (DGS) for evaluation of greedy behaviour and the Grable-Lytton Risk Tolerance Scale (GL-RTS) for financial risk tolerance assessment. First, we explored how age is related to financial risk tolerance. Second, we analyzed the gender difference in financial risk taking and finally, we analyzed how dispositional greed is associated with financial risk tolerance. Results showed no significant relationship between age and financial risk taking (p >.05), no gender difference in financial risk tolerance (p >.05) and no significant relationship between dispositional greed and financial risk tolerance (p >.05). Additionally, the interaction effect of age and gender failed to predict financial risk tolerance (p >.05). The results suggest that understanding financial risk tolerance is a complex process that goes beyond the exclusive use of psycho-social factors such as age, gender and dispositional greed; thus, these factors should be used with caution by financial planners when assessing investors? risk tolerance.