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ECONOMICS
TEACHER’S EFFECTIVENESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background to the Study
The issues
of poor academic performance of student in Nigeria have been of much concern to
all sundry. The problem is so much that it has led to the widely acclaimed
fallen standard of education. Education has been described as the key that
unlock the door to modernization. Observation has shown that the story is
different at the national level. Over time students academic performance in
both external and internal examinations has been used to determine excellence
in teachers and teaching (Taya, 2001).
Teachers
have been shown to have an important influence on students’ academic
achievement and they also play a crucial role in educational attainment because
the teacher is ultimately responsible for translating policy into actions and
principles based on practice during interaction with the student. (Eze E.N.
2011). Both teaching and learning depends on teachers. No wonder an effective
teacher has been conceptualized as one who produces desired results in the
course of his duty as a teacher.
Nigeria
secondary schools lack dedicated and qualified economic teachers, especially
since 1989 when secondary school student population started to increase
astronomically in many states of the federation. It should be noted that no
educational system could rise above the effectiveness of its teacher and for
any society to change the citizens must be dedicated.
This is so
because education helps one to acquire knowledge and skill, which enables him
to understand his problem and look for way of solving these problems. It is an
ironic coincidence that while developed countries would love and cherish
economics in their schools, the Nigerians in the secondary and tertiary
institution are scared of the subject economics because of mathematics and
statistics aspect of it. This hatred has also led to the poor performance in
senior certificate examination.
The Ashby
commission set out in 1959 observed that a well qualified teaching staff is the
first important step to be considered in an attempt to train skilled manpower.
The commission asserted that one out of every two teachers in secondary schools
should be a graduate. The commission also recommended the introduction of
Bachelor of Arts degree in Education B.A (Education) in all Nigerian
Universities. It is a universal agreement that teachers are the main
determinant of the quality of education one receives. The kind of teachers
trained and posted to our secondary schools may well determine what the future
generation will be.
Economics is
as old as human race, the early agricultural, manufacturing, weaving, trading,
industrial and mercantile activities brought the civilization which started in
Egypt, Greece and Rome. One group acquiring culture and knowledge from the
other, whenever and wherever people have this type of relationship, there exist
the need for transaction. So economics is indeed not a new subject though it is
still difficult to say the exact data, economic events were translated into
significant manner in monetary terms to create room for informed judgment,
therefore the need for practicing economics. (Udo, 1995) views the study of
economic as a pursuit toward understanding those fundamental concepts and
issues which economics as a subject aspire to find solution to such as wants,
scarcity, choice, scale of preference and opportunity cost etc. which are of
great importance to man’s existence hence, proper analysis and documentation of
their functional rehire is of paramount importance. It is not correct to assume
that economic data need to be kept only by profit making organizations. They
are equally important in non-profit making organization such as social clubs
and motherless babies home etc. As of the increase in business activities,
demands for economics and data in the labour market rises above the supply of
relevant economic data. This is as a result of poor performance in economics in
senior school certificate examination which is due to inadequate qualified
teachers.
1.2
Statement of Problem
In recent
times, more attention has been given to the performance of students on
economics in the senior secondary schools. The performance has been poor; this
is being attributed to the unqualified teachers that teach economics, lack of
instructional material, poor method of teaching, attitude of learners and
teachers towards teaching and learning. Furthermore, due to these poor
performance of students enrollment on economics at senior secondary school
examination has been low, which in turn affected the number of students that
would study pure economics in higher institution.
Amafula E.U.
(2001), views the problem as mainly due to inadequate teachers’ preparations.
1.3 Purpose
of Study
The purpose
of this research therefore is to determine the influence of the level of
effectiveness of teacher on the students academic performance in economics also
in some other subject in our secondary school.
To
investigate how the qualification of economics teachers in senior secondary
schools affect the performance of the students.
To ascertain
how the teachers method in teaching economics affect the student in senior
secondary schools.
To find out
how the motivation of the teacher affect the academic performance of the
students in senior secondary school.
1.4
Delimitation of Study
The study
would be limited to testing the impact of teacher’s effectiveness on student
performance in economics and some other subject in senior secondary certificate
examination in the government owned senior secondary school in Owerri Municipal
Council of Imo State.
1.5
Significance of Study
The project
would be of immense benefit to the government because it will be a working
document for policy formulation in relation to the training of teachers. It
will contribute to the existing literature on students performance and teachers
qualification; hence it will be important to both teachers and student.
It would go
a long way in helping curriculum planners make some adjustments in some of the
topics in the syllabus. It should be of great important to economics teachers
to implements the curriculum and seek for further improvements on the subject
through in service training such as attending seminars and work shops, which
will help in improving their method of teaching.
In this part
of country, there has been a great increase in the number that enroll knowledge
of economics in order to run his business affairs then the question is how
effective is the teaching and learning of economics in secondary schools to
make the understanding of economics a reality for the average student? This
study would also find out whether the reason for increasing economics in the
curriculum is being achieved. This is because economics is aimed at providing
vocational skills that will be necessary for industrial and economic development
in Nigeria as a whole.
1.6 Research
Question
The
following research questions are formulated as a guide to the study:-
To what
extent does the qualification of economic teachers in senior secondary school
affect the performance of the student?
To what
extent does the teachers method in teaching economics affect the student
academic performance?
How often
does the teacher motivation affect the academic performance of the student?
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