The Impact of Teacher-Student Relationship on Academic Performance
Chapter One
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The major objective of this study is to the impact of teacher-student relationship on academic performance. Other specific objectives include:
- To investigate the extent of cordial relationship between teachers and students in this in senior secondary schools.
- To ascertain whether good relationship between teacher and student impact the learning outcome in senior secondary schools.
- To determine the effects of non-cordial relationship between teachers and students on the academic performance of students.
- To examine the attitudes portrayed by teachers which affect good relationship between them and the students.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
Our focus in this chapter is to critically examine relevant literature that would assist in explaining the research problem and furthermore recognize the efforts of scholars who had previously contributed immensely to similar research. The chapter intends to deepen the understanding of the study and close the perceived gaps.
Precisely, the chapter will be considered in three sub-headings:
- Conceptual Review
- Theoretical Review
- Empirical Review
CONCEPTUAL REVIEW
Concept of Education
According to National Policy on Education (1979), Education is the process of acquiring knowledge. It is a tool for person’s development, the single most powerful weapon against poverty, and a fundamental human right to which we all are entitled. It gives people the opportunity to improve on their health, raise productivity and help foster participation in civil society. Education is a process of keeping the world and our society intact and in fostering the development and growth upon which human survival and progress depends. It the development of process of equipping individuals with knowledge and skills to enable them solve the complex problems of living usefully for themselves, their families and make worthwhile contribution to the overall progress and development of the overall progress and development of the society. “Thus the educational process has been described as the intentional transmission of something worthwhile or desirable in a morally acceptable manner. It is the all-round development of a person physically, intellectually, morally, and spiritually. This implies that education encourages a wholesome development of the individual through participation in the activities of the social group, and that there must be a guide who can direct such education in a way that can result in all round development of a person. Education is a tool for national development, the single most powerful weapon against poverty, and a fundamental human right to which we all are entitled. It gives people the opportunity to improve health, raise productivity and help foster participation in civil society. Education is a process of keeping the world and our society intact and in fostering the development and growth upon which human survival and progress depends.
NERD (2004) further asserts that Education is the process of providing information to an inexperienced person to help him/her develop physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, spiritually, politically and economically. That is why at graduation ceremonies one hears the Vice-Chancellors pronounce these words while awarding degrees to their institutions’ graduates, “you have been found worthy in character and learning…” In education parlance, it means that the individual has acquired adequate and appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes and values, known as cognitive, psychomotor and affective behaviours to be able to function optimally as a citizen. These behaviors are the focus of training individuals in institutions of learning .
The planned and systematic training given in an institution of learning is formal education. The programme or is organized, planned and systematically implemented. In an informal education, there is no plan and the training is haphazard and incidental. Education is the process through which individuals are made functional members of their society (Otu 2007). It is a process through which the young acquires knowledge and realizes her potentialities and uses them for self-actualization, to be useful to herself and others. It is a means of preserving, transmitting and improving the culture of the society. In every society education connotes acquisition of something good, something worthwhile. Education is one of the fundamental rights of individuals. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December, 1949 stipulated that:
- Everyone has the right to education.
- This shall be free at least in the elementary and primary stages.
- Elementary education shall be compulsory while technical and professional
- Education shall be made generally available.
- Higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
Fafunfwa (1974) defines education as, what each generation gives to its younger ones which makes them to develop, abilities, skills and other behaviours which are of positive values to the society in which they live. He further opined that the development of human beings in the cognitive, affective, psychomotor and psyco-productive domains. While the cognitive aspect refers to intellectual development and the knowledge of subject matter, affective domain refers to the development of desirable behaviours and psycho-motor and psyco-productive domains refers to skill acquisition and its application for purposeful activities.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Introduction
In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.
Research Design
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e. mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.
Population of the Study
According to Udoyen (2019), a study population is a group of elements or individuals, as the case may be, who share similar characteristics. These similar features can include location, gender, age, sex or specific interest. The emphasis on study population is that it constitutes individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description.
This study was carried out to examine the impact of teacher-student relationship on academic performance using some selected secondary school in Nsukka Local government area, Enugu State as a case study. Hence, the population of this study comprises of teachers and students in some selected secondary school in Nsukka Local government area, Enugu State.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of two hundred (200) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which one hundred and fifty (150) were returned and all were validated. For this study a total of 150 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
Introduction
This chapter summarizes the findings on the impact of teacher-student relationship on academic performance using some selected secondary school in Nsukka Local government area, Enugu State as a case study. The chapter consists of summary of the study, conclusions, and recommendations.
Summary of the Study
In this study, our focus was to examine the impact of teacher-student relationship on academic performance using some selected secondary school in Nsukka Local government area, Enugu State as a case study. The study is was specifically set to investigate the extent of cordial relationship between teachers and students in this in senior secondary schools, ascertain whether good relationship between teacher and student impact the learning outcome in senior secondary schools, determine the effects of non-cordial relationship between teachers and students on the academic performance of students, and examine the attitudes portrayed by teachers which affect good relationship between them and the students.
The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A total of 150 responses were validated from the enrolled participants, where all respondent are teachers and students of some selected secondary school in Nsukka Local government area, Enugu State.
Conclusions
Based on the findings of this study, the researcher made the following conclusion:
- The extent of cordial relationship between teachers and students in this in senior secondary schools is low.
- Good relationship between teacher and student impact the learning outcome in senior secondary schools.
- The effects of non-cordial relationship between teachers and students on the academic performance of students includes: Demoralizes students motivation, Demoralizes students interest, Discourages students academic engagement, Lack of students commitment in the class, and Decreases students better academic performance.
- The attitudes portrayed by teachers which affect good relationship between them and the students includes: Partiality, Unfriendly method of communication, Unnecessary beating of students, and Intimidation.
Recommendations
Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations are proffered.
- The teachers should be provided the opportunity for advancement and should be encouraged through rewards, incentives and promotion on their performance. They may also be provided the opportunities of career advancement and to achieve greater academic achievement of the students.
- Teachers should be encouraged to improve on their personal relationship with their students for this will enhance the academic performance of the students. They should also bring their wealth of experience in teaching all the level of students’ aptitude to make personal relationships of students with their teachers more interesting so as to arouse the interest of the students to academic excellence.
- Teachers should create an enabling environment which will give students an opportunity of understanding the concepts being taught. Such an enabling environment is to be achieved by developing a good relationship with students. Teacher must acknowledge the impact they have on their students and take into consideration the perceptions of the students towards them. The teacher must ensure that they meet the academic and emotional needs of the learners. Classroom environments which facilitate a positive culture, as well as healthy association, is critical for motivating learners to study more.
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