THE EFFECT OF URBANIZATION UPON SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT ATTAINMENT AMONG HAUSA CHILDREN OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Educational Psychology
- Vol. 38 (1) , 57-63
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8279.1968.tb01982.x
Abstract
Summary. An attempt is made in this paper to measure the influence of varying types of settlement upon the attainment of scientific concepts among African school children. An adaptation of King's (1963) Piaget‐type schedules was administered to 150 school children of the Hausa tribe of Northern Nigeria in eight groups drawn from very isolated rural localities, from city centres, and from areas of intermediate status. The results strongly confirmed the expected superiority of the urban children. Finally, an English version of the test was used upon a group of English school children to provide a cross‐cultural comparison. The significance of the results for science education is briefly discussed.Keywords
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