OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS’ BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERISTICS FOR TRADITIONAL LEARNERS SUSTAINABLE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

AMINU KAZEEM IBRAHIM

OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS’ BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERISTICS FOR TRADITIONAL LEARNERS SUSTAINABLE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

AMINU KAZEEM IBRAHIM

Abstract

Many open and distance education practitioners and stakeholders have traced learners’ sustained academic performances in open and distance learning to some unique behaviour characteristics. Based on this, the paper highlighted some of the fundamental behaviour characteristics of open and distance learners that may be learn by learners in traditional school setting for sustainable academic performance particularly in Nigeria. The behaviour characteristics identified were: Clearly concentrated attention and confidence, skill for managing time, positive self-motivation and attitudinal direction, ability to identify, communicate and analyze self-needs and learner’s mental readiness. These behaviour characteristics were discussed and strategies suggested for learners in the traditional school setting toward sustaining successful academic performance. In conclusion, the writer is of the opinion that achieving sustainable academic performance in Nigeria, learners from the traditional school setting can inculcate these behaviour characteristics with the assistant of school psychologist or counsellor.

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