• Professional Development Programmes And Teachers’ Effectiveness
    [A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KWARA STATE]

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    • TABLE OF CONTENTS
      Title page
      Certification
      Dedication
      Acknowledgments
      Abstract
      Table of contents
      CHAPTER ONE
      INTRODUCTION
      Background to the Study
      Statement of the Problem
      Purpose of the Study
      Research Questions
      Research Hypotheses
      Significance of the Study
      Scope of the Study
      Operational Definition of Terms
      CHAPTER TWO
      REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
      Concept of professional development programmes
      Need for Professional Development of Teachers 
      Importance of professional development programmes
      Concept of teacher effectiveness
      Factors that can affect teacher effectiveness
      Student academic performance in secondary schools
      Conceptual framework of the study 
      Empirical studies  
      Appraisal of the Literature Reviewed
      CHAPTER THREE
      RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
      Research design 
      Population, sample and sampling techniques
      Instrumentation
      Procedure for data collection
      Data analysis techniques
      CHAPTER FOUR
      PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
      Answering of Research Questions
      Hypothesis Testing
      Discussion of Findings
      CHAPTER FIVE
      SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
      Summary of Findings
      Conclusions
      Recommendations
      REFERENCES
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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe 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 i ... 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---