Indigenous Education Systems And Rural Dwellers’ Attitude Towards Tropical Rainforest Resources Conservation In Ikom Education Zone Of Cross River State, Nigeria
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This study investigated the relationship between indigenous education systems and attitudes of rural dwellers’ attitude towards tropical rainforest resource conservation in Ikom Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria. The investigated variables were indigenous folk media and indigenous educational entertainment. A correlational survey design was used for the study. The study’s population comprised of 1,089,053 (estimated census of the Education Zone) people while purposive proportionate sampling approach was employed to select a sample of 555 respondents from 4 communities. A data collection instrument titled “Indigenous Education Systems and Rural dwellers’ Attitude towards Tropical Rainforest Resources Conservation Questionnaire” (IESRATRRCQ) was used to elicit data for the study. Cronbach Alpha was applied to estimate the instrument’s reliability. The data collected for the study were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and tested at .05 level of significance. The findings revealed that indigenous folk media and indigenous educational entertainment were significant correlates of rural dwellers’ attitudes towards tropical rainforest resource conservation. Among others, it was recommended that Tenets of indigenous knowledge and belief systems which favour appropriate conservation of tropical rainforest resources should be ceaselessly encouraged amongst the locals through non-formal education awareness forums even in the face of seeming westernization within the areas.
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