The Relationship Between Teachers Qualification and Student’s Academic Performance in Social Studies of Basic Education Certificate Examinations
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To verify the impact of teachers’ qualification on students’ performance in social studies.
- To identify the level of male and female students’ academic performance in social studies
- To ascertain the level of relationship between teacher and student in social studies class
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Concept of Education
Education has variously been described as an essential instrument for societal development. It is therefore an important institution including the totality of structures and roles, processes relation and material instructions put in place around society’s interest in the acculturation or socialization of the young ones. According to Asuru (2009) education is a potent force which could be utilized for the solution of problems and for the fullest realization of the potentials and aspiration of a nation, hence it could effectively be used not only for social, economic and political reconstruction, but also meet the critical needs of the society. In all the definitions, education is an investment in human beings, which yields returns and contributes to the wealth and development of the society by increasing its productive and consumptive capacity. UNESCO (2000) reported that teachers undoubtedly remain the managers of knowledge particularly in the developing nations. As a support for this, education is being acknowledged globally as an instrument per excellence for national development. The needs and challenges of any society are best accomplished through education whose bedrock are teachers. No doubt, the Nigerian Constitution understanding the vital role education plays in the society accord equal rights for all citizens to acquire education. In view of this, the government had initiated one reforms or the other to make the nation an educated one, and series of curriculum changes. In his contributions, Fafunwa (1974) postulated that education means a formal training that is given in schools and institutions. He stated further that it means the acquisition of the ability to read, write and calculates. This was also related to the specialized training that is given on the job. Ukeje (1979) cited in Isah (2009) noted that there are three (3) major ways of using concept of education namely; as a process, discipline and a product. As a process, it is the means by which men acquire their civilization of the past and are enabled both to take part in the civilization of the present, and make the civilization of the future. From this, education is thus a process of transmitting, preserving, developing and advancing the culture of a people. As a product, education means change in behaviour. The essence of being educated means a transformation of behaviour. Brameld as cited in Ukeje (1979), insists that education is power. It is a very powerful tool that can be used by man for his or her own distinction or the transformation and reconstruction of his or her environment. It could also be a discipline, that is, a body of organized knowledge that deals with what should be taught, why it should be taught, how it should be taught and to whom should it be taught. In a similar opinion shared by Ogbalu (1978) in Uche (1984) that education is the means by which children and young adults develop their emotional intellectuals, spiritual and physical powers which enable them to achieve their cultural revival.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to the relationship between Teachers qualification and students’ academic performance in Social Studies of Basic Education Certificate Examinations
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information on the relationship between Teachers qualification and students’ academic performance in Social Studies of Basic Education Certificate Examinations. 200 staff of selected secondary schools in Uyo were selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS
The data collected from the respondents were analyzed in tabular form with simple percentage for easy understanding.
A total of 133(one hundred and thirty three) questionnaires were distributed and 133 questionnaires were returned.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain the relationship between Teachers qualification and students’ academic performance in Social Studies of Basic Education Certificate Examinations. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of teachers qualification and students’ academic performance in Social Studies of Basic Education Certificate Examinations
Summary
This study was on the Relationship between teacher’s qualification and students’ academic performance in Social Studies of Basic Education Certificate Examinations. Three objectives were raised which include: To verify the impact of teachers’ qualification on students’ performance in social studies, to identify the level of male and female students’ academic performance in social studies, to ascertain the level of relationship between teacher and student in social studies class. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected secondary schools in uyo, Akwa Ibom state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made of principals, vice principals adm, social studies teachers and teachers were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The contribution of quality and competent teachers who employed instructional materials in their teaching to help every individual learner cannot fee under estimated. In this case, our talk of functional education in our society is all about qualified teachers and proper utilization of appropriate resources. Teachers should pay good attention to both male and female pupils in the classes and see that everyone is fully utilized in the learning process. It is worthy of note that good and competent teacher with good teaching facilities produce good learners.
Recommendation
Training and retraining of teachers on how to use modern facilities should be the concern of educational bodies.
Educational bodies should make emphasis to teachers on the need to use instructional material in the teaching learning of social studies.
Both female and male pupils should be carefully mentioned in the teaching learning situation.
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