ASSESSMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS CHARACTERISTICS FOR TEACHING OF BIOLOGY IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.
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The study investigated the Assessment of Secondary School Teachers Characteristics for Teacher of Biology in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Specifically, the study seeks to :examine the characteristics of biology teachers in secondary schools in Egor LGA of Edo State, assess the differences in teaching characteristics between male and female teachers Egor LGA of Edo State, assess differences in teaching characteristics based on professional qualification in secondary schools Egor LGA of Edo State, assess the differences in teaching characteristics based on teaching experience in Egor LGA of Edo State and assess the difference in teaching based on subject area specialization in Egor LGA of Edo State. Thirteen (13) public secondary schools were selected for the purpose of this study of which 45 biology teachers were recorded and were administered a well-structured questionnaire. The data was analysed using mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage count. Results showed that there is no major difference between male and female biology teachers with respect to teaching method and student outcome. Professional qualification revealed that all the biology teachers are TRCN certified (100%) hence in-service training, seminar and workshop will significantly enhance the teaching of biology. Subject area specialization revealed that most
of the biology teachers are biology specialist (83%). About 16% of biology teachers are not biology specialist but are tasked to teach biology as a result of biology teachers’ shortage. A mean score of 3.09 shows that biology specialist has better content knowledge and can handle practical biology lessons. Teaching experience reveal that (45.2%) of biology teachers have teaching experience within the range of 6-10 years. This shows that they have moderate level of teaching experience. A mean score of 3.35 revealed that teachers with level of experience have improved method of delivering biology lesson. Overall, the study therefore concluded that both male and female have equal competence in delivering biology lesson effectively to public secondary school students especially when exposed to the necessary educational background and professional development. The study recommends the ministry of education recruits trained biology specialist to handle biology lessons, regular workshop training, seminars should be organised to strengthen professional development. Also, non-biology specialist can also be supported with adequate training to improve their content knowledge. This will help to enhance biology as a profession and also improve the teaching and learning of biology in the study area.
of the biology teachers are biology specialist (83%). About 16% of biology teachers are not biology specialist but are tasked to teach biology as a result of biology teachers’ shortage. A mean score of 3.09 shows that biology specialist has better content knowledge and can handle practical biology lessons. Teaching experience reveal that (45.2%) of biology teachers have teaching experience within the range of 6-10 years. This shows that they have moderate level of teaching experience. A mean score of 3.35 revealed that teachers with level of experience have improved method of delivering biology lesson. Overall, the study therefore concluded that both male and female have equal competence in delivering biology lesson effectively to public secondary school students especially when exposed to the necessary educational background and professional development. The study recommends the ministry of education recruits trained biology specialist to handle biology lessons, regular workshop training, seminars should be organised to strengthen professional development. Also, non-biology specialist can also be supported with adequate training to improve their content knowledge. This will help to enhance biology as a profession and also improve the teaching and learning of biology in the study area.
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