Gender differences on the academic adjustment of students in the Faculty of Education, Kwara State University, Malete

Abstract

The study examined the gender difference on the academic adjustment among faculty of education male and female students. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Students in the faculty of Education of Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria were the population for the study. One hundred and sixty (160) students were selected using random sampling technique as respondents; they were gotten from four departments in the faculty of Education in Kwara State University then, random sampling technique was used to select forty students from each department in the faculty. One research question was stated and one hypothesis was formulated. A questionnaire tagged “students’ gender differences in the academic adjustment Questionnaire” was used as the instrument, the instrument contains two Sections; section A and B. The instrument used was validated by lecturers of the faculty and reliability tested at 0.71. The result of the findings revealed that the weighted mean was 2.09 which mean that calculated mean was less than fixed mean (2.5); this implies that the level of academic adjustment of students studying education courses at Kwara State University is low. Secondly, the null hypothesis that states that there was no significant difference in the academic adjustment of male and female students studying Education courses at Kwara State University, Malete was rejected. It was recommended that, educational bodies should properly sensitize the general public and fresh students just admitted into the faculty of education on the importance of educational course at the tertiary institution, so as to change the negative notion they have about educational courses.