TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Need to Deemphasising Theoretic Projects and Emphasise Experimental Research among Arts Students in Nigerian Universities
AU - , Babson Ajibade 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SP  - 12
EP  - 16
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2008.12.16
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2008.12.16
KW  - Economic downturn
KW  -imported equipment
KW  -fabricated alternative
KW  -need to deemphasising
AB  - There has been a steady economic decline in Nigeria, right from the early 80s, with a  resultant decline in government`s funding of Universities and research institutions. Yet, Universities and research institutions in the country are  import-based, with regard to equipment for teaching and learning in laboratories and studios. Thus, there has been a progressive dearth of equipment, for instance, in arts departments in Nigerian Universities because of lack of to replace  or restore  broken-down  imported gadgets. This study believes that the Nigerian economy can no longer sustain the direct  importation of equipment and that, to achieve sound education, the more sustainable alternative is to design and  fabricate appropriate local equipment for studies in arts departments in Nigerian Universities. The study uses data generated  from  graduating Bachelor`s Degree students` projects in the Theatre Arts Department, University of Calabar from 1980-2003 to show the undue emphasis on theoretic work and the avoidance of projects aimed at designing and  fabricating local technologies in lieu of the no-longer affordable imported equipment. The study then spells-out the need to emphasise practical  work and experimental projects, among Bachelor`s Degree research students of the arts, with the aim of designing and fabricating local  technologies for teaching/practicing visual arts in Nigeria.
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