Course Gaps at Jigawa State College Of Education Gumel

A chronological survey of art in Africa beginning with the rock art traditions in Southern Africa dated 70,000 BC typified among others in the Blombos Stone to the Saharan frescos in North Africa, the art of pharaonic Egypt and ancillary traditions of Nubians (Kushite kingdom), Meroe and Axium, Bantu and Sudanese kingdoms and city-states in Africa south of the Sahara to 1,700 AD. The focus shall be on the stylistic progression of forms, symbolism, and the social value of works as metaphors that bear pan-continental identities.

Sound patterns in English Language (vowels and consonants, phonetics and phonology). English word classes (lexical and grammatical words, definitions, forms, functions, usages, collocations). Sentence in English (types: structural and functional, simple and complex). Grammar and Usage (tense, mood, modality and concord, aspects of language use in everyday life). Logical and Critical Thinking and Reasoning Methods (Logic and Syllogism, Inductive and Deductive Argument and Reasoning Methods, Analogy, Generalisation and Explanations). Ethical considerations, Copyright Rules and Infringements. Writing Activities: (Pre-writing , Writing, Post writing, Editing and Proofreading; Brainstorming, outlining, Paragraphing, Types of writing, Summary, Essays, Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Report writing, Note making and Mechanics of writing). Comprehension Strategies: (Reading and types of Reading, Comprehension Skills, 3RsQ). Information and Communication Technology in modern Language Learning. Language skills for effective communication. Major word formation processes. Writing and reading comprehension strategies. Logical and critical reasoning for meaningful presentations. Art of public speaking and listening. Report writing.

This course acquaints the student with in-depth knowledge of curriculum studies ranging from educational theories to philosophical, psychological, and sociological issues. Also, it is expected to expose the learner to theories and traditions and changes in curriculum. The course also aims at acquainting students with an in-depth knowledge of evaluation and assessment of the curriculum and the teacher accountability and control

An introduction to various issues, the nature of economic science, the methodology of economics, major areas of specialization in economics, elementary principles of micro- and macro-economics, current issues of interest and probable future developments. Micro-economic theory, problem of scarce resources and allocation of resources. Supply and demand theory, Consumer behaviour. Production theory. Cost curves. Pricing and output under perfect competition, imperfect competition, monopoly and monopolistic competition. Relationship between micro- and macro- economics. Aggregation of individual’s demands analysis of consumer behaviour utility theory and individual’s demand for a good a geometric treatment aggregate supply – a summation of firm supply curves individual firm’s equilibrium – theory of cost and production. A geometric treatment of pricing under different market systems.

Concept of Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship/Corporate Entrepreneurship,). Theories, Rationale and relevance of Entrepreneurship (Schumpeterian and other perspectives, Risk-Taking, Necessity and opportunity-based entrepreneurship and Creative destruction). Characteristics of Entrepreneurs (Opportunity seeker, Risk taker, Natural and Nurtured, Problem solver and change agent, Innovator and creative thinker). Entrepreneurial thinking (Critical thinking, Reflective thinking, and Creative thinking). Innovation (Concept of innovation, Dimensions of innovation, Change and innovation, Knowledge and innovation). Enterprise formation, partnership and networking (Basics of Business Plan, Forms of business ownership, Business registration and Forming alliances and joint ventures). Contemporary Entrepreneurship Issues (Knowledge, Skills and Technology, Intellectual property, Virtual office, Networking). Entrepreneurship in Nigeria (Biography of inspirational Entrepreneurs, Youth and women entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship support institutions, Youth enterprise networks and Environmental and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship). Basic principles of e-commerce.

Statistics systems. Nature, types, sources, methods of collection and problem of official statistics. Index numbers, theory, construction and problems. Descriptive statistics. Basic principles of probability; discrete and continuous random variables (binomial, normal, t, chi-square, Poisson, other univariate distributions); joint distributions; sampling distributions; central limit theorem; properties of estimators; linear combinations of random variables; testing and estimation; maximum likelihood principle, basics of hypotheses testing. Socio-economic indicators: nature, types, uses and computation. Nature, sources, contents and problems of official statistics in selected sectors.