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type: article
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creators_name: Ilogho, Julie E.
creators_id: julieilogho2000@yahoo.com
title: Bibliotherapy: An Option for Enhancing Students' Motivation for Academic Achievement in Iganmode Grammar School and Grait International College, Ota - Ogun State  
ispublished: pub
subjects: Z665
divisions: sch_edu
full_text_status: public
abstract:  The paper examines Bibliotherapy (Book Therapy) as
an option for fostering students' motivation for
academic achievement and success. Enhancing
students' motivation for academic achievement is an
important subject in educational psychology which
requires serious attention. The research is a survey
study and random sampling technique was'. adopted
for selecting the population sample. The Respondents
for this study are Senior Secondary School 3 students
from Iganmode Grammar School (a Public School) and
Grait International College (a Private School) both
located in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The finding
revealed that students who read diverse kinds of
materials including textbooks; used library material;
and acquired personal reading materials had their
achievement motivation enhanced/increased than
those who do not read books, use library resources or
acquire personal books. Thus, the two Null Hypotheses
tested were rejected. Recommendations include: ( 1)
that the Government and all other institution
responsible for managing Education of younger
generations should come together and find a lasting
solution to the education sector, conduct research,
and prescribe practicable educational policies that will
move the nation's education forward. (2) Government
should increase the funding of education. (3)
Librarians should collaborate witp school authorities,
counselors and teachers in order to render more effective library services. (4) Librarians should work
with school teachers and counsellors to know the
reading needs and challenges of students; this will
assist in acquiring relevant reading materials in
addition to academic books.(5) Book club programmes
packaged with giving of awards to best readers and
most frequent users of library resources should be
encouraged in schools. (6) School Management should
make provision for a robust school library that is
stocked with all kinds relevant materials including
motivational books. Finally (7) Bibliotherapy should be
taught as a course or incorporated into an already
existing course offered in Nigeria Library Schools.
date: 2011
date_type: completed
publication: Ife PsycholoGia (An International Journal of Psychology in Africa)
volume: 19
number: 2
publisher: Ife Centre for Psychological Studies
pagerange: 437-460
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1117-1421
official_url: http://www .ifepsychologia.org
citation:   Ilogho, Julie E.  (2011) Bibliotherapy: An Option for Enhancing Students' Motivation for Academic Achievement in Iganmode Grammar School and Grait International College, Ota - Ogun State.  Ife PsycholoGia (An International Journal of Psychology in Africa), 19 (2).  pp. 437-460.  ISSN 1117-1421     
document_url: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/3314/1/Bibliotherapy%20An%20Option.pdf