Citation :

Musa Muhammad Fika, 2024. "Impact of Historical and Cultural Heritage Awareness on Academic Performance of Students in History in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja" ESP International Journal of Science, Humanities & Management Studies(ESP-IJSHMS)  Volume 2, Issue 2: 123-133.

Abstract :

The study attempts to examine the social science teachers’ perception about Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The population of the study was consisted of teachers teaching in the subjects like philosophy, history, economics, psychology, sociology, military sc., anthropology, political science, education and education training (only B.Ed & M.Ed. courses) at higher education level in universities and colleges (including self-financed and aided both) of Meerut and Saharanpur Mandals of U.P. A sample of 539 social science teachers was collected from the population using random sampling techniques. The findings of the study showed that the social science teachers have positive perception about CPD. Further, it was also found that aided college/university social science teachers have the better perception towards CPD in comparison to self-financed college/ private university social science teachers.

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Keywords :

History, Culture, Heritage, Academic Performance.