RE-EVALUATING THE CONCEPT OF PROCRASTINATION AND THE REASONS WHY STUDENTS PROCRASTINATE; A THEORETICAL APPRAISAL

Abstract

This paper is a theoretical appraisal on rethinking the concept of procrastination and the reasons why students procrastinate. The norm in the case of education is to do work and learn in school. Although procrastination is a deviance of the norm of education, there are more students who procrastinate than students who get everything done as soon as it is assigned. The standard has been changed; it is now standard behavior to procrastinate since the majority of the social group participates. The problem of procrastination affects many students in secondary schools in Nigeria. On the other hand, many students do not know that their inability to read is problem of postponing their time to studies, but they are engaged more on pleasurable things in which they cannot benefits from it. The paper looked into the concept of procrastination, components of procrastination, and the theoretical framework like social learning theory of Fiske. The reasons why students procrastinate e.g. forgetting about it, lack of clarity about the desired
outcome, resistance overly/ lenient deadlines, distractions, perfectionism, fear of failure etc finally summary, conclusion and recommendations.