Self-Control in Learning for Healthy Living Among Students in a Nigerian College of Education
| Autor: | Amelia Ngozi Odo, Jude C. Enebechi, Evelyn N. Nwagu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education
General Arts and Humanities media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences education General Social Sciences 050109 social psychology Self-control Degree (music) lcsh:History of scholarship and learning. The humanities lcsh:Social Sciences lcsh:H lcsh:AZ20-999 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Health education Health information Psychology Selection (genetic algorithm) 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | SAGE Open, Vol 8 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2158-2440 |
| Popis: | The rapid increase in health information requires that learners exert some degree of self-control in learning to make an appropriate selection of what to learn about healthy living. The objective of this study was to determine the students’ level of self-control in learning for healthy living. A questionnaire adapted from the self-control subscale of the Self-Directed Learning Readiness (SDLR) Scale developed by Fisher, King, and Tague was used in determining the levels of self-control in learning for healthy living among students in Enugu State College of Education (Technical), Enugu, Nigeria. The study revealed that the students’ level of self-control was a little less than the recommended level. A significant difference was found in the male and female students’ level of self-control in learning for healthy living with the male students possessing a higher level of self-control. Significant differences also occurred in the students’ level of self-control in learning for healthy living when the students were classified based on their courses of study. The students’ level of self-control in learning for healthy living at the College of Education (Technical), Enugu, needs to be improved. Educators at the college should employ self-control-enhancing strategies to improve the level of self-control in learning among the students. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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