NEED FOR A DEGREE CURRICULUM PROGRAMME FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION LEADERSHIP IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT AND HARCOURT, NIGERIA
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
The aim of this research study was to investigate identifiable goals for University of Port Harcourt degree curriculum programme Recreational Outdoor leadership. The development of the curriculum was based on the curriculum rationale of Tyler and the statistical model of Raiola. The Thirty-seven (37) respondents to a questionnaire included professionals in the outdoor recreational programme. (n – 16) as well as undergraduate students in Human Kinetics and Health Educational Outdoor Recreational Adventure (n = 16) and Faculty numbers (staff) (n = 5) statistical analysis of the data was done by means of the statistical 5.5 package for windows. Mean and median statistics techniques were used to calculate the demographic variables. The goals were ranked as more or less important based on an 80th percentile criterion. A non-parametric Correlation Analysis of the data revealed that, a strong correlation existed between the response of professionals and students regarding the required goals for the undergraduate degree curriculum. However, the analysis revealed that the views of staff members were not in agreement with the other two groups on some of the goals
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Ogunleye Victor, J. B. Vipene
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