Trained and untrained secondary school teachers in Barbados: is there a difference in classroom performance?

Jones, Mildred V.

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“…The findings were also consistent with those of Jones (1997) who claimed that students tend to achieve better results when taught by teachers with more years of teaching experience. The findings agreed with Adeyegbe's (2002) findings indicating that many students perform poorly in WAEC examinations in topics where teachers found difficult to teach as a result of in-experience in teaching methodology and content.…”

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Teachers' Teaching Experience and Students' Learning Outcomes in Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Adeyemi¹

2008

Af. J. Educ. Stud. Math. Sci.

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This article examined teachers' teaching experience and students' learning outcomes in the secondary schools in Ondo State Nigeria. As a correlational survey, the study population comprised all the 257 secondary schools that presented students for the year 2003 senior secondary certificate (SSC) examinations in the State. Out of the population, a sample of 180 schools was drawn through the process of stratified random sampling technique. An inventory and a semi-structured interview schedule were the instruments used to collect information for the study. The data collected were analysed using the chi square test, correlation analysis and t-test. The semi-structured interview was conducted with selected principals and education officers. Their responses were analysed through content analysis. The findings revealed that teachers' teaching experience was significant with student' learning outcomes as measured by their performance in the SSC examinations. Schools having more teachers with five years and above teaching experience achieved better results than schools having more teachers with less than five years teaching experience. Considering the findings, it was recommended that government should encourage experienced teachers to stay on the job through the provision of incentives such as better promotional prospects, better welfare package and better conditions of service.

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Teachers' Teaching Experience and Students' Learning Outcomes in Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Adeyemi¹

2008

Af. J. Educ. Stud. Math. Sci.

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“…As such, effective teaching is likely to be absent if it cannot be situated within an overall philosophy of meaning, purpose and achievement as especially as a result of shortages of teachers (McClelland 1995). In this regard, Jones (1997) remarked that teacher education should be seriously considered.…”

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Teacher shortages and surpluses in senior secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria: A critical review

Adeyemi¹

2011

AJSMS

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This paper investigated teacher shortages and surpluses in senior secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. As a descriptive research, the study population comprised all the 281 senior secondary schools in the State. The sample was identical with the population as all the schools were involved in the study. The instrument used to collect data was an inventory while the data collected were analysed using frequency counts and percentages. It was found that there were more shortages of teachers in the science subjects and the Languages than arts and social science subjects in all the schools. It was also found that shortages of teachers were more pronounced in urban schools while surpluses of teachers were more distinct in rural schools. It was then recommended that there should always be an equitable distribution of teachers to schools by the State Teaching Service Commission on the basis of class size and teacher quota per subject. Subjects in which there were teacher shortages should be given more priority in the posting of more teachers to schools while teacher surpluses should be discouraged in all its ramifications. Teachers' specialization on subjects' basis should also be taking into consideration in the posting of teachers' to schools.

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“…Notwithstanding the aforementioned variables of teachers' quality, how teachers' have been performing their job effectively in relation to the internal efficiency of the school system has been a matter of concern to stakeholders in education [21][22][23].…”

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Teachers’ Quality and Internal Efficiency in Primary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Adeyemi¹,

Adu²

2012

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This paper examined teachers' quality and internal efficiency of primary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. As an expo facto and descriptive research, the study population comprised all the 694 primary schools in the State. Out of this, a sample of 520 primary schools was selected through the simp le random samp ling techniques. The headteachers of the 520 primary schools were the respondents in the study. A cohort of 91,061 pupils who entered the schools in 2003 and graduated in 2008 were purposively selected for the study. Two instruments were used to collect data. These were an inventory and a questionnaire. The data collected were analy zed using frequency counts, percentages, Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis, Correlat ion Matrix, Regression Analysis of Variance and Multiple Regression. It was found that teacher quality had significant relat ionship with the internal efficiency of primary schools in the State. The best predictor of internal efficiency of the schools was teacher qualifications. It was then reco mmended that the State govern ment should intensify more effort in the training of teachers in order to acquire higher qualifications that would enhance the internal efficiency of primary schools in the State.

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Trained and untrained secondary school teachers in Barbados: is there a difference in classroom performance?

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Teachers' Teaching Experience and Students' Learning Outcomes in Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Teachers' Teaching Experience and Students' Learning Outcomes in Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Teacher shortages and surpluses in senior secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria: A critical review

Teachers’ Quality and Internal Efficiency in Primary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria

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