Values and Educational Growth: the Tragedy of an Emasculated Nation

• Authors: Ogbujah Columbus N. , Amadi Cornelius C. , Berebon Charles B.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Values―the individual’s or group’s general tastes regarding results or courses of actions deemed appropriate or otherwise, have a synergetic relationship with educational growth. Ordinarily, the values espoused by individuals or groups engender specific types of attitudes that elicit precise sorts of behaviours that open the horizon for definite sorts of educational growth. Conversely, the quality and quantity of educational growth of a nation influence the behaviours of the citizens which generate attitudes that ultimately create values. This rectangular-like bidirectional correlation has a very strong causational angle to it: right values lead to positive educational growth; wrong ones elicit growth deficits in education, and vice versa. This essay establishes the correlation between values and educational growth using Nigeria as a case study. Through textual criticisms, it highlights the causative influence of bad values on the poor educational outcomes in the country and recommends value reorientation to reverse the ugly tide.

Keywords

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Values; attitudes; educational growth; causative influence; reorientation

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 159-171

Contributors

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Ogbujah Columbus N.

• Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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Amadi Cornelius C.

• Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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Berebon Charles B.

• Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.