THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT A CASE STUDY OF MODERN IDEAL COLLEGE MIC, ENUGU

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

          Following the general observed learning problems in our society today, the call for the review of the source has been at a higher demand to this extend, this study has been aimed at examining the influence of professionalism in teaching and learning out put. Thus, it sets to study the difference, if any; between the teaching qualities of teachers with teaching certificate (professionals and those without teaching qualification (unprofessional) as will be measured in the academic achievement of their students.

          The researcher projects the study against an introductory background which illuminates the observed prevailing learning problems among our students which had triggered the investigation.

          The researcher states the research problems and declares his objectives for the study which if achieved, will be significantly useful for government in decision making towards system training and recruitment of teachers to check the stated problems in our society.

          The researcher subjects the stated problems to some researchable questions which will be refined into some feasible hypothesis.

          The researcher reviews some theories of professionalism, related literatures to the study and experts opinions which may offer support to the study.

          The design of the study will be a “quasi-experimental study with two-group design (experimental and control group).

          The area of the study is Modern Ideal College (MIC) Abakpa Nike Campus.

          The population of the study will cover all the senior secondary school III students of the college from which the researcher draws the sample for the study according to the population size. Randomization is the sampling technique applied to check bias effect from such heterogeneous population thereby offering every member equal chance of being a participant in the study.

          The participants will be splint into two groups- experimental and control where the experimental group receives teaching treatment from professional teachers; the control group takes teaching treatment form unprofessional teachers in common subjects (English Language and Mathematics).

          Testing instrument (achievement test) is standard test form National Examination Council (NECO).

          The mean score of this achievement test from the two groups will be compare and a test of significance (T-test) will be applied to determine the significant difference between these two sets of scores, if found and established a generalizable decision on the influence of teachers processional training on the students academic achievement.

          To the above, the researcher divide the reports of this study into five (5) chapters: One contains the introduction and background, two reviews theories, three displays the methodologies applied, four gives analysis of the collected data while the last chapter summarizes and concludes the decisions reached and presents recommendations.

ABSTRACT

          This research study which focused on finding the influence of teachers’ professional training on students’ academic achievement was limited in one secondary school “Modern Idea College” (MIC), Enugu as the area of the study where the entire senior secondary school III were the target population from which a sample of 60 participants (students) were randomly selected, splint into two group (experimental and control group), thereafter, each group was treated with teaching in two subjects (English Language and Mathematics). These two subjects were taught to each group evenly but while the experimental group was taught by professionally trained teachers, the control group was under unprofessionally trained teachers (quacks). A standardized (NECO) achievement test was administered to the two groups at the same time after four weeks lesion period (treatment). The scores form these two groups were compared and finally subjected to a test of significant (independent t-test). The result of the comparison indicated a wide different in the groups academic achievement and gave ground for the researcher to reject his original null hypothesis and accept the alternative which stated that “there will be a significant difference between the score of the two groups. The significant influence of the independent variable (professional and unprofessional) on the dependent variable (academic achievement) of the study was determined by a t-result which disproved the second null hypothesis and granted acceptability to its alternative which advocated that the academic achievement of learners will be influenced by their teacher’s level of professional training significantly”. To this, the researcher was able to establish that level of teacher’s professional training goes a long way in determining the learning quality of the learners.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page  —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — i    

Certification page        —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — ii

Approval page    —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — iii

Dedication                    —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — iv  

Acknowledgement       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — v   

Proposal    —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — vi

Abstract     —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — ix  

Table of contents        —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — xi  

CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION

1.1    Background of the study      —       —       —       —       —       — 1

1.2    Statement of the problem     —       —       —       —       —       — 4

1.3    Purpose of the study   —       —       —       —       —       —       —  5

1.4    Significance of the study      —       —       —       —       —       —  6  

1.5    Research Questions   —       —       —       —       —       —       — 7

1.6    Research Hypothesis           —       —       —       —       —       —       —  8

1.7    Scope/ Delimitation of the study   —       —       —       —       —  8

1.8    Definition of terms       —       —       —       —       —       —       —  9

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.1    Literature Review        —       —       —       —       —       —       — 12

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

• Research Design        —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — 18

3.2    Research Area   —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — 18

3.3    Research Population  —       —       —       —       —       —       — 18

3.4    Research sample        —       —       —       —       —       —       — 19

3.5    Instrument of Data Collection–     —       —       —       —       — 20

3.6    Data collection   —       —       —       —       —       –        —       — 21 

3.7    Decision Rule     —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — 21

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND

    RESULTS

4.1    Presentation and Analysis   —       —       —       —       —       — 22

4.2    Data Presentation       —       —       —       —       —       —       — 24

4.3    Result Analysis —        —       —       —       —       —       —       — 32

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMAMRY, CONCLUSION AND

  RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1    Discussion of result     —       —       —       —       —       —       — 34

5.2    Conclusion         —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — 35

5.3    Recommendations      —       —       —       —       —       —       — 36

5.4    Suggestion for further studies       —       —       —       —       — 38

          References         —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —       — 39

Appendices.      

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND

          In every society of the world, irrespective of cultural differences and geographical demarcations, the need to socialize the young members of the society equip them with the knowledge, skills and attitude that empower them to contribute towards the realization of the society’s set goals is deemed prior.

          In recognition of this fact, every society strives for institutionalization of socializing agents ranging form the families, churches, schools to many other legalized bodies designated with the responsibilities of ensuring the creation and maintenance of this dependable transformation of behaviour to a worthwhile type in the youths.

          Of all the functional institutions of socialization the school is central. This is probably because it creates and controls the behaviors of other agents of socialization by selecting and impacting in them the designed and functional behaviour as dictated by the philosophical and cultural values of the society in question.

          The above premises therefore lend credence to admit that every nations scientific and technological development, economic and political securities and actualization o general goals and objectives as well world recognition are heavily anchored on the nation’s formal education system.

          Since the departure of the colonial masters, Nigeria in particular and other developing countries in general suffer relating, a significant shortfall in the standard of education when the academic achievements of their student are measured against expectations. Government in her attempts to address this issue has, through various National Curriculum Conferences and National Policies of Education (NPE), created, some educational system like: 6-3-3-4 system which was outcome of 1969 National Curriculum Conference followed by Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Basic Education (UBE/ Basic 9) all in quest to meet National goals through education (Fafuruwa 2004).

          Primarily, these efforts were advanced towards reversing the selfish philosophy of education by the colonial hunters back to suit our indigenous needs.

          To this end, detailed consideration of the professional competence of our teachers became less u effect leaning to contamination of teaching profession with a dominating number of unprofessional (quacks). Thus, while the efforts were on changing the philosophy of education and curriculum development for indigenous uses the axes of the educational institutions an systems were denied attention. Since this period to recent time, our school products 9graduates) have been characterized by poor academic achievement, insufficient scientific and technological know-how, lack of initiative, poor business attitude, poor professional skills and competences and so on which have formed a base for examination mal-practice, social ad political crime and retarded national development.

          However, thanks to teachers Registration Council (TRC) of Nigeria, a body established by the Act no 31 of 1993 to among other things; register teachers growth, teachers, regulate and control the teaching profession, ensure ethical rejuvenation by enforcing rules and regulations guiding the teaching and learning as a profession, prescribe the standard of entry into the profession, show warning signals to intruders (quacks) into the profession etc.

          Though the above observed educational problem can be attributed to so many other factors the study is walled to seek if any the impact of (TRCN) directives on academic achievement of the students by comparing the achievement score of students taught by professional teachers with the scores of those under unprofessional teachers to determine the influence of professionalism in teacher’s products (learning).

1.2    Statement of the problems

          Common observations complains in examining rate the degree of poor academic achievement among secondary school students and beyond.

          This poor academic achievement leads to uncontrable examination mal-practice in our total school system which probably account for certification of ignoramuses who prefer paper certificate to knowledge and skills required for the survival of individual and thee entire society.

           The condition when left unchecked in any society threatens to obliterate among other things; social order, man-power, national development and replace them with social crime and underdevelopment.