IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION TO TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS IN AYEDIRE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE

TABLE OF CONTENT

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TITLE PAGE i

CERTIFICATION ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENT v

LIST OF TABLES vii

ABSTRACT viii

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM 6

1.3 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS 6

1.4 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESES 6

1.5 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 7

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 7

1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 8

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS 8

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 9

2.1 COMMUNICATION 9

2.2 FORMS OF COMMUNICATION 11

2.3 COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS 14

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 18

3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 18

3.3 INSTRUMENTATION 18

3.4 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS 19

CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 20

CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS 36

5.2 CONCLUSIONS 37

5.3. RECOMMENDATIONS 38

REFERENCES 39

APPENDIX 40

LIST OF TABLES

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Table 4.1: Distribution of teachers by type of school 21

Table 4.2: Distribution of students by type of school 21

Table 4.3: Distribution of teachers from public schools on the basis of sex 22

Table 4.4: Distribution of students from public schools on the basis of sex 22

Table 4.5: Distribution of teachers from private schools on the basis of sex 23

Table 4.6: Distribution of students from private schools on the basis of sex 23

Table 4.7: Analysis of results of data collected from students in private