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Professional Development Programmes And Teachers’ Effectiveness
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KWARA STATE] -
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ABSTRACT
The teachers are the key actors in the effectiveness of secondary school education. It is therefore important to ensure that they perform their roles as expected towards the achievement of educational goals and objectives.
Descriptive research design was adopted for this study. There are 702 teachers working in public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State shall be the target population of this study. 310 teachers was randomly selected out of 702 teachers in the Public secondary schools in Ilorin west Local Government area of Kwara State.
The following are the summary of findings: There is significant relationship between professional development practices and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state; there is significant relationship between attendance of higher education and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state; there is significant relationship between attendance of seminars and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state; and there is significant relationship between attendance of conferences and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state.
Hence it is necessary to do everything that is needed to be done to ensure that this is done. One of the things to be done in order to ensure teachers’ effectiveness is proper staff training. This is because the quality of teachers is enhanced by in-service training. As rightly said, teacher cannot perform more than their quality, as one cannot give what he doesn’t have. Teachers therefore need to regularly attend training in order to be more effective. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made, the government should ensure that the teachers of secondary schools are attend training regularly by making provision for them in form of cash.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page CertificationDedicationAcknowledgmentsAbstract Table of contents CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the ProblemPurpose of the Study Research QuestionsResearch Hypotheses Significance of the Study Scope of the Study Operational Definition of TermsCHAPTER TWOREVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREConcept of professional development programmesNeed for Professional Development of Teachers Importance of professional development programmes Concept of teacher ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Statement of the Problem Studies found challenges ahead teachers’ professional development and their effectiveness at school. Osho (2012) stresses that poor remunerations of teachers affect their professional development leading to the abandonment of their profession, no meaningful intellectual programme on the professional development of teachers with the various wars, political crises around the world, the new cultures of gay, lesbianism, and globalization as a form of western mod ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Finally, if teachers are behind time and absolute in their area of disciplines their effectiveness become questionable. Hence, Teachers performance can be said to be the ability of the teachers to effectively and efficiently carry out the following duties for lesson.• Adequate preparations for lesson• Teachers the number of periods allocated on the timetable regularly and punctually• Keep the teaching records• Check and mark notes given to the stud ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODOLOGYThe aim of this research work is to investigate in details the relationship between professional development programmes and teachers' effectiveness in secondary schools in Ilorin-west LGA. Kwara State. This chapter deals with the steps that were used in carrying out this study. The methodology is discussed under the following sub-headings;• Research Design• Population, Sample and Sampling Techniques• Instrumentation• � ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Table 7 revealed that the p-value (0.000) is less than the level of significance of 0.05. Since the p-value is less than the level of significance, the hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between attendance of workshops and teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west Local Government Area secondary schools, Kwara state is therefore rejected. Hence there is significant relationship between attendance of workshops and teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west Lo ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONSIntroductionThis chapter deals with the summary of findings, conclusions and recommendation arising from the analysis of the data collected from the responses.Summary of FindingsThe following are the summary of findings1. There is significant relationship between staff training and secondary school teachers’ effectiveness in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state.2. There is significant relationship between attendance of hi ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAbdul, Z.O. (2002). Searching for Excellence in Teacher Education in Nigeria College of Education. Ilorin Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (1), AAA3 (1), 256-262.Abdulkareem, A.Y. (1997). Teacher Educators’ Perception of Ideal Teachers. International Journal of Educational Management 2 (1), 56-58.Adebayo, A.O. (2003). Effectiveness Management of Teachers in Secondary Schools. Ilorin. Unpublished PGDE Project Ondo State University. Ado Ekiti.Adepoju, T.L (1999). The Gap betwee ... Continue reading---
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page CertificationDedicationAcknowledgmentsAbstract Table of contents CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the ProblemPurpose of the Study Research QuestionsResearch Hypotheses Significance of the Study Scope of the Study Operational Definition of TermsCHAPTER TWOREVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREConcept of professional development programmesNeed for Professional Development of Teachers Importance of professional development programmes Concept of teacher ... Continue reading---
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