Impact Of Teaching Practices On The Productivity Of Quality Teachers And Sound Students
[A CASE STUDY OF POLICE CHILDREN SCHOOL, WULARI]

1.3 Purpose of the Study

This study has the sole objective to assess the impacts of teaching practices on the productivity of quality teachers and sound students. Specifically, the objectives are streamlined as follows:

a. To determine the perception of school authorities towards teaching practice.

b. To determine the objectives of teaching practice.

c. To appraise the impact of teaching practice on the students.

1.4 Significance of the Study

The study proves to be relevant to the students as it highlights the importance of this exercise so as to stimulate their interest and prepare them for the challenges in the teaching profession. To the teachers, it will x-ray the challenges students encounter in teaching practice exercise in order for them to develop effective strategies to meeting the challenge. To the policy makers, it will provide data to enhance their decision making for a productivity teaching profession.

1.5 Study Hypotheses

The study developed and formulated for testing, the following hypotheses:

H0: The management of schools do not perceive teachers who have undergone teaching practice better than non-trained teachers.

Ha: The management of schools perceive teachers who have undergone teaching practice better than non-trained teachers.

H0: There is no significant relationship between teaching practice and the productivity of sound students.

Ha: There is a significant relationship between teaching practice and the productivity of sound students.

1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study will take into consideration several views and opinions of both students and authors of related and relevant literatures regarding the issue of teaching practice. The study is limited by the number of sample size and the population. This is because the study concentrated on collecting primary data from the Police Children School, Wulari. Hence, the study is opened for further researches and increase in sample size.

1.7 Definition of Terms

The following terms are the major keywords used in this study:

a. Impact: The action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.

b. Practices: the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it.

c. Productivity: the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.

d. Quality: the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.

1.8 Organization of the Study

This study is organized in five chapters. The first chapter lays the background to the study as well as stating the problem of study and the hypotheses for testing. The second chapter is structured to give the study a literature review. This review is divided into the theoretical framework, Empirical framework and the conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with research methodology including the research design, sampling method, Data collection and the research instruments employed. Chapter four seek to analyze the result, it is also made up of detailed analysis of data collected and presentation of information with the aid of quantitative and statistical models. The fifth chapter covers the summary, conclusion and recommendation.