Adaobiagu N Obiagu
Biographic Data
| ID | 925332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adaobiagu N Obiagu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adaobiagu N |
| FAMILY NAME | Obiagu |
| SIGNATURE | OBIAGU A N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8591-0489 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Teaching self-reliance and empowerment in civics classrooms: Towards a sociopolitical capabilities approach
This paper considers whether self-reliance and empowerment discourses within Nigerian civic education are sufficient to actualise civic education aims of promoting freedom, human agency, and active citizenship. Drawing on qualitative data, it analysed the representations of self-reliance and youth empowerment concepts in civic education curriculum and prescribed textbooks for secondary schools, along with six civics teachers’ understanding and cl…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Education: Nigerian Parents’ Approach and Perception of Children’s Education Based on Socioeconomic Indicators
This paper, using 201 parents' reports collected via a descriptive survey, explores (a) how children from different socioeconomic backgrounds (education and income) engage in learning in the absence of inclusive actions to keep learning ongoing in educational contexts in Nigeria; and (b) the indirect impact of COVID-19 on children's education (children's access to learning materials, engagement in learning, and educational achievement). Findings …
Fostering environmental personal norms: The role of environmental education in Nigerian pre-service teachers’ environmental knowledge, pro-environmental beliefs and behaviours
This research investigated the role of environmental education (EE) in acquiring environmental knowledge, pro-environmental beliefs and pro-environmental behaviours among a sample of pre-service teachers who undertook an EE course (n = 177) and those who did not undertake an EE course (n = 203) in a Nigerian university. Results showed that pre-service teachers who received the EE course had higher environmental knowledge and pro-environmental beh…
Being a good citizen in a postcolonial context: Justice-oriented citizenship implications of Nigerian teachers’ civic education ideologies
Drawing on a Nigerian example and framed around postcolonial theory, this study explored teachers' conceptions of a good citizen and civic education ideologies in postcolonial hybrid-identity contexts, using qualitative data collected from 21 civic education teachers. Results revealed that personally responsible and participatory citizenship ideologies, along with a communitarian perspective, dominate teachers' beliefs about good citizenship and …
Toward a Decolonized Moral Education for Social Justice in Africa
Many moral and social problems affecting African people and development could be associated with (neo)colonial moral education problems in Africa: perpetuation of excessive materialism, individual competitiveness, and demonization of African traditional values. To solve African moral problems and realize Pan-African goals, we need a more contextualized approach to moral education in schools that takes into account moral values from African contex…
The Effect of Cooperative Concept Mapping on Misconceptions, Knowledge Achievement, and Transfer of Learning in Peace Education
This study tested the effect of cooperative concept mapping on knowledge achievement and transfer in peace education on 159 social studies students using a quasi-experimental research design. Four intact classes—two each in rural and urban areas—were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions, and two instruments—Peace Education Achievement Test and Peace Education Transferability Test—were used for data collection. Findings showed …
The Effect of Cooperative Concept Mapping on Misconceptions, Knowledge Achievement, and Transfer of Learning in Peace Education
This study tested the effect of cooperative concept mapping on knowledge achievement and transfer in peace education on 159 social studies students using a quasi-experimental research design. Four intact classes—two each in rural and urban areas—were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions, and two instruments—Peace Education Achievement Test and Peace Education Transferability Test—were used for data collection. Findings showed …
The Effect of Cooperative Concept Mapping on Misconceptions, Knowledge Achievement, and Transfer of Learning in Peace Education
This study tested the effect of cooperative concept mapping on knowledge achievement and transfer in peace education on 159 social studies students using a quasi-experimental research design. Four intact classes—two each in rural and urban areas—were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions, and two instruments—Peace Education Achievement Test and Peace Education Transferability Test—were used for data collection. Findings showed …
Toward a Decolonized Moral Education for Social Justice in Africa
Many moral and social problems affecting African people and development could be associated with (neo)colonial moral education problems in Africa: perpetuation of excessive materialism, individual competitiveness, and demonization of African traditional values. To solve African moral problems and realize Pan-African goals, we need a more contextualized approach to moral education in schools that takes into account moral values from African contex…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Education: Nigerian Parents’ Approach and Perception of Children’s Education Based on Socioeconomic Indicators
This paper, using 201 parents' reports collected via a descriptive survey, explores (a) how children from different socioeconomic backgrounds (education and income) engage in learning in the absence of inclusive actions to keep learning ongoing in educational contexts in Nigeria; and (b) the indirect impact of COVID-19 on children's education (children's access to learning materials, engagement in learning, and educational achievement). Findings …
Fostering environmental personal norms: The role of environmental education in Nigerian pre-service teachers’ environmental knowledge, pro-environmental beliefs and behaviours
This research investigated the role of environmental education (EE) in acquiring environmental knowledge, pro-environmental beliefs and pro-environmental behaviours among a sample of pre-service teachers who undertook an EE course (n = 177) and those who did not undertake an EE course (n = 203) in a Nigerian university. Results showed that pre-service teachers who received the EE course had higher environmental knowledge and pro-environmental beh…
Being a good citizen in a postcolonial context: Justice-oriented citizenship implications of Nigerian teachers’ civic education ideologies
Drawing on a Nigerian example and framed around postcolonial theory, this study explored teachers' conceptions of a good citizen and civic education ideologies in postcolonial hybrid-identity contexts, using qualitative data collected from 21 civic education teachers. Results revealed that personally responsible and participatory citizenship ideologies, along with a communitarian perspective, dominate teachers' beliefs about good citizenship and …
Teaching self-reliance and empowerment in civics classrooms: Towards a sociopolitical capabilities approach
This paper considers whether self-reliance and empowerment discourses within Nigerian civic education are sufficient to actualise civic education aims of promoting freedom, human agency, and active citizenship. Drawing on qualitative data, it analysed the representations of self-reliance and youth empowerment concepts in civic education curriculum and prescribed textbooks for secondary schools, along with six civics teachers’ understanding and cl…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Peace and Human Rights Education (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Civics (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Law (2 works)