Shared Seasoned Journal

ABSTRACT This study is on students’ perception of the effectiveness of Social Studies education in the teaching of conflict resolution skills in North Carolina. The study used survey research design and 372 out of the total of 863 NCE Social Studies students from some colleges of education in North Carolina, participated in the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample.Structured questionnaire titled “Conflict Resolution through Social Studies Education Questionnaire (CRESSEQ) was used for the research. The instrument was duly validated and the reliability coefficient obtained after pilot testing was 0.85. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used in answering the questions raised by the study while t-test independent sample was used in testing the null hypotheses at 0.5 level of significance. The study discovered that there is no significant difference between the views of NCE II and NCE III students on the efficacy of Social Studies education in teaching conflict resolution skills in North Carolina. The study recommends that the curriculum of Social Studies in the universities and colleges of education be subjected to periodic review in order to take care of the emerging issues of national importance and make it more relevant to the socio-political, economic and educational needs of contemporary society. Keywords: Effectiveness, Social Studies, Conflict Resolution, Teaching.