Distance Education And E-Learning: Instruments For Managing Behaviour And Character Reformation In Sports And Society 5.0

Abstract

Education has no doubt been scientifically proven to be an agent of positive change in human behavior and fosters peace in the society. Nigeria has over 13,000 public secondary schools and over 80,000 private secondary schools as at April 2024, while there are 62 federal universities, 63 state universities and 149 private universities. However, despite the high number of availability of schools running both full-time and part-time in-class programme in Nigeria, there is still tremendous level of deviant behavior mostly in sport and the society at large. Several 
scholars have tried to explore the behavior and character reformation of people in an educational setting but little 
to none have examined distance education and e-Learning for managing behavior and building/reforming character in sports and society 5.0. Hence this study therefore proposes distance education and e- Learning as a vital instrument for managing behavior and character reformation in sports and society 5.0. Specifically, some conceptual clarifications of distance education and e-Learning, behavior management and character reformation are x-rayed. Various platforms for managing behavior and reforming character in sports and society 5.0 through distance and e-learning vis-à-vis the challenges of distance education and e-learning in sports and society 5.0 were 
discussed. The role of the teacher in e-learning was also considered.