An assessment of th relationship between Aesthetic expression and Academic performance of primary school pupils in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State.

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between aesthetics and educational performance among primary school pupils in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design where two research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated. The population of the study consist of100 pupils randomly selected across the primary schools in the sampled area. A researcher self-constructed questionnaires relationship between aesthetics expression and academic performance (RAEAP) and profoma were used for data collection. The validity of the instrument was conducted by two experts in Childhood Education and Psychology, University of Ilorin respectively, while Cronbach Alpha reliability method used yielded an index of 0.71. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions raised, while PPMC was used to test the hypothesis formulated. The findings revealed that integrating aesthetic expression into the curriculum has great value and benefits on pupils' academic performance, and there were underlying challenges facing the integration of aesthetics experiences into primary schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. Also, it was revealed that that there is significant relationship between aesthetics expression and pupils' academic performance in primary school in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. It was therefore recommended that curriculum planners should ensure the integration of aesthetic expression into primary school curriculum, school management should ensure proper implementation of the aesthetic expression so as to make sure that its usefulness is unfold, and school management should ensure that the barriers that may impede the implementation of aesthetic expression is taken care of.