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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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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 model to control the world poses a challenge to professional development of teachers and their effectiveness. Besides, Amos (2008) expresses that, in spite of desperate need for the effective staff development programmes in Nigeria, the caliber of many teachers working in the public and private secondary schools in Nigeria is nothing to write home about because teachers are usually inefficient in the performance of their duties. Similarly, Ola (2013) states that, the falling standard in the public educational system in Nigeria is as a result of the poor professional development of Nigerian teachers which the government and the teachers must gear up to avert.
Many efforts have been put in place to address the falling standard of Nigeria’s educational systems due to improper professional development programmes for the teachers. For example, in Ilorin West Local Government, various professional development programmes designed for teachers in public secondary school fail and do not succeed. Similarly, Government and many schools that organize professional development programmes for its teachers in the country do have wrong nomenclature that professional development programme require placing for people with high potentials in a training programme. Apart from this, the academic performance of students of public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government has also being disappointing. Many students who enroll for West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) respectively in the local government perform woefully.
Indeed, there is an urgent and desperate need for the organization of efficient, effective and up to date professional development programmes in the state in line with the best global practice. Hence, it has been discovered that lack of efficient and skillful teachers have been the reason behind this sordid performance of students. This study is however imperative in order to investigate the relationship between professional development programmes and teacher effectiveness. This is the gap that this study fills since to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, there no study currently undertaken on this topic especially in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between professional development programmes and teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara state. The specific purposes include to investigate
1. The relationship between Higher Degree programme attendance and teacher effectiveness in public secondary school in Ilorin west local government.
2. The relationship between seminar attendance and teacher effectiveness in public Secondary in Ilorin West Local Government.
3. The Relationship between conference attendance and teachers effectiveness in public secondary school, Ilorin.
4. The Relationship between workshop attendance and teachers effectiveness in public secondary school, Ilorin.
Research Questions
1. What are the Professional development programmes organized for teachers in public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara state?
2. How effective are the teachers in public secondary schools in Ilorin-west LGA, Kwara state?
Research Hypotheses
To guide the study the following hypotheses were formulate for test.
Main Hypotheses
Ho: There is no significant relationship between professional development programmes and teacher effectiveness in Ilorin West Local Government Area public secondary schools.
Operational Hypotheses
Ho1: There is no significant relationship between Higher Degree programme attendance and Teachers effectiveness in Ilorin West public Secondary Schools.
Ho2: There is no significant relationship between Seminar Attendance and Teachers effectiveness in Ilorin West public Secondary Schools.
Ho3: There is no significant relationship between conference attendance and Teachers effectiveness in Ilorin West public Secondary School
Ho4: There is no significant relationship between Workshop attendance and Teachers effectiveness in Ilorin West public Secondary School
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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---
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 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---
