Factors That Promote Cooperation – JSS1 Civic Education Lesson Note (First Term)

Cooperation is people working together to achieve a common goal. Four factors that promote it are understanding among members, good reward and recognition, well-defined goals, and a clear need for cooperation. When members understand one another, expect a reward and share a clear goal, they work together more willingly.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• state the factors that promote cooperation;
• explain how reward and recognition encourage people to work together;
• give examples of places in Nigeria named after leaders;
• explain why a goal must be well defined;
• state one benefit of cooperation.

What factors promote cooperation?

Understanding

A mutual understanding among people in society will make them work together for the goals and objectives of the society.

Good reward and recognition

If a group is certain of being rewarded when a goal is achieved, every member will work tirelessly towards the achievement of the goal. Society must recognise those who work for its progress. For this reason, football teams are rewarded bountifully, and institutions are named after some heroes and heroines.

Examples include:

• Tafawa Balewa Square
• Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
• Murtala Muhammed Airport

They all have such names to immortalise leaders who worked for the unity and progress of Nigeria.

Well-defined goals

The team must have a goal that motivates each member to work together. The goal must be well stated and well defined. When the achievement of the ultimate goal benefits all members, they are propelled to work tirelessly towards it.

Clarity of the need for cooperation

In Nigeria, people have seen the need for democracy because of the gains so far.

What are the benefits of cooperation?

Cooperation is very important in a society. Its benefits include:

• Achievement of goals: people are happy when they work together and achieve their goals easily.

Evaluation

1. State the four factors that promote cooperation.
2. How do reward and recognition encourage members of a group to work together?
3. Name two places or institutions in Nigeria named after leaders.
4. Why must the goal of a group be well defined?

Assignment

Enumerate the benefits of cooperation.