International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)   Year: 2023 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 320-324 Impact of Sociology of Education on Character Development of Students in Lagos State Tertiary Institutions Download PDF Adeyemo Eniola Abioye, Ph.D Abstract: This crux of the purpose of this study is to examine the effects of sociology of education on character development of students in tertiary institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria.Descriptive research design was advanced in this work while population for this study comprised of all tertiary institution students in Nigeria's Lagos State. With a simple random sampling strategy, select a sample of 600 students from four institutions in the state. The researcher adopted 25-items of self-structured Questionnaire on 4-Likert scale format to elicit responses from the respondents. Three sociologists from Lagos State University of Education, after removal and modification of items in the instrument, assured that construct and content validity were met. To determine the reliability of the instrument, the use of Cronbach Alpha, a form of reliability type, an index value of 0.889 was obtained meaning that the items in the instrument is very reliable and suitable for the study. Student t-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics were used to analyse the data sourced and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study reveals that gender does not play any significant difference in character development through the exposure of sociology of education; Again, there exists a significant relationship between sociology of education and character development of students. The study concludes among others that learning of sociology of education remains one of the unique disciplines in tertiary institutions that seek to mould individuals' self-identity, self-esteem, personality composition, character development among others.