TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN PHYSICS
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TEACHERS’
PERCEPTION OF THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT
IN PHYSICS
ABSTRACT.
This study
examined how the teachers’ perception of their public image influences the
Achievement of Secondary School Physics Students in Lagos, Nigeria. The
research design adopted was quasi-experimental of the pretest – post-test
non-randomized control group. Purposive sampling was used to obtain a sample of
three co-educational secondary schools. Each school provided one S.S.I and S.S.
II class for the study. Two instruments were used in the study, the
PhysicsAchievement Test (PAT) to measure students’ achievement and Teachers
questionnaire to train the teachers in the experimental groups. The instrument
was pilot tested to ascertain reliability. Also, there was no significant
effect of gender on students ‘achievement in Physics although, females did
better than males. Finally, there was no significant interaction effect of
treatment and gender on student achievement in Physics. Thus, Physics teachers
need to be up and doing and also in the maintenance of instructional materials.
One third of the students did not think that secondary science teachers
prepared them for life in a scientific-technological society. A culture of high
expectancy on the part of teachers, parents and administrators may be key to
influencing rates of success.
CHAPTER
ONE
1.1Background
to the Study
While common
sense suggests that teachers’ quality affects student performance, rigorous
supporting evidence has rarely been provided. An important reason for this is
that the ingenuity of teachers makes it difficult to sort out the direction of
causation in the relationship between teachers’ perception and students’
outcomes in physics, and to separate teachers’ perception from unobserved
individual characteristics that might affect both subject selection and
academic performance.
Bajah.S.
(1991) the ideal way of identifyingteachers’ impact on student performance
would be through a random assessment of teachers across schools.
Apart from
parents, the group of people who will help make this dream a reality is
undoubtedly the teachers.
The federal
government of Nigeria (FGN, 2008) also echoes this philosophy. It is therefore,
very surprising that these teachers should be held in contempt the way it is
now. If the society places so much emphasis on education, why then should it
treat teachers shabbily? Could it be as
much as fault of the society as it is that of the teacher? These and other
pertinent. Questions must be answered.
Do we agree
that teaching as a vocation is not easy? But we utterly disagree that it is
deplorable as many people see it. To be a school teacher is not to be a clown,
to the fools and people of low understanding. Teaching is a humble task, but to
be truthful, it is the noblest of all vocations.
It will not
be an over-statement to say that, shabby` treatment of teachers or low regard
for teachers has been as old as time itself. From experience in this part of
the world, (Frazer, B.J 1992) teaching is a humble and labour task. It only
fits for people who have no other choice but to be school Master/ Mistresses.
One does not need to look too closely at teaching to know that one of the
causes of the poor academic achievement of the students is low regard for
teachers. This has been the main cause and until this important group of people
are accorded their rightful position in the society, the trend will continue.
This
studyexamines the influence the teachers’ perception of their public image has
on the achievements of the secondary school students in physics.School
administrators, parents, and students themselves widely support the notion that
teacher quality is vital to student achievement, despite the lack of evidence
linking achievement to observable teacher characteristics. Studies that
estimate the relation between achievement and teachers’ characteristics,
including their credentials, have produced little consistent evidence that
students perform better when their teachers have more ‘desirable’
characteristics.
Isola,
O.M.(2010), it is widely known that students no longer perform well in physics
examinations, a yardstick of measuring sound
growths and achievement in physics, and one of the major causes may be
the teachers public image as has been mentioned above.
Due to the
composition of physics education, most physics teachers believe it should be
done practically and theoretically to allow for effective understanding of the
knowledge by students. From finding of
Mitchell and
Dejong (1990) and Thornton (1993) “good learning requires constant variation in
the purposeful intellectual activities of the learner and a wide range of
pedagogical stratifies”. To them many teachers do not have access to didactic
materials and modern educational technologies (laboratory, printer, video,
multimedia, software etc.), which could have made training learner – centred.
Researches had been conducted on learning environment in different countries
like USA, Australia, Netherlands,
Nigeria etc.
such researches include the research reported by Lim (1993) who did a study
in physics performance in different
types of schools (good, average and below) and different educational streams.
It is henceforth imperative to study the teachers’ perception and its influence
on student’s achievement in physics in secondary schools since science without
physics is incomplete and because there can be no technological advancement
without physics. This study is timely and effective when the country needs more
genuine teachers to advance students achievement in physics.
1.2Statement
of the problem:
In spite of
the importance of the teacher as the engine that pulls the educational system
along to the land of knowledge, there is still the tendency for people to
regard the teacher lowly in the society.
Kamoru O.
(2006), teachers being human are sometimes conscious of their rating in
thesociety and their feelings may become attitude to work on their students. It
becomes necessary there to continue to monitor what, the teacher thinks about
his /her job and his / her students in the light of confusing signals from the
society about the public image of the teacher.
The problem
of this study therefore is: What do teachers perceive their public image to be
and how do they perceive their public image to influence their duty performance
with regard to the then academic achievement of their students in physics.
Factors such as lack of adequate laboratory equipment, ineffectiveness and lack
of teaching proficiency of teachers, lack of qualified teachers and school factors
have been identified as major causes of underachievement of science students in
physics. Some kinds of differential behaviour toward students who vary in their
mastery of the curriculum are appropriate and productive. Giving some students
more advanced material than others is clearly necessary when there is
variability in student skill level, and students need different amounts and
kinds of teacher assistance and attention. Nevertheless, most of the teacher
behaviours described below, which have been shown to be associated with high
versus low expectations, cannot be defended as appropriate accommodations to
individual student needs. Despite all these efforts, the poor performances of
students still exist. However, little emphasis has been laid on the effect of
teachers’ perception and its influence on thestudents’ achievement of physics.
1.3 Scope of
the Study:
This study
looks into the public image of the teachers and their influence on the
achievement of the students in physics as perceived by the teachers alone. The
influence of these teachers perception of their public image which this study
also takes care of, is narrowed down to the science student especially in the
areas of physics.
There are number of problems we find
in different aspect of our educational system, but we have delimited ourselves
to the public image of teachers and its influence on the achievement of the
students in physics. Consequently, the teachers will help the physics students
achieve their goals of academic excellence as well as the school to encourage
preparation for future challenges and thereby contributing their quotas
regarding development in the achievement of good standard in physics.
1.4Purpose
of the Study
The purpose
of the study is to examine the influence of teachers’ perceptions of their
public image on students’ in senior secondary school physics, and the objective
of this study is stated below
1. To find outphysicsteachers perception of
their public image.
2. To find out the perception ofphysics
teachersof their public image has impact on the academic achievement of their
student.
3. To find out the causes of the teachers
public image in physics
4. To determine the strategies for improving
teachers’ public image and its influence on the student achievement in physics.
1.5Significance
of the Study
This project
is of immense importance to (i) Students,
(ii)
Teachers (iii) Society.
Students of education
who will like to take a look at or study the image of teachers in the Nigerian
society. It isbeneficial and will draw their attention more to the great and
important position of the teachers in the society.
Also to the
teacher it serves as a mirror to them as they will use it to see themselves
from the perspectives of the society or public. It also goes a long way to
correct the poor societal conception of the teachers.
Mkpanang,
J.T(2005) there are widespread claims about the negative public image of
physics, but very little systematic enquiry into it. Therefore the result of
this study is providing systematic and empirical data on public images and
myths of physics.
By examining
the different images, attitudes, belief and myths of physics that public adults
hold, there is a potential for such images, attitudes, beliefs to be
challenged, promoted or discouraged. The information obtained will enhance
better strategies and measures for promoting Public Understanding of physics.
Moronfola,
B(2002) the impact of cultural difference on image of physics teachers revealed
in the comparison might serve to support or challenge the notion that physics
is universal, value-free or culture-free. The findings might help to illuminate
our understanding on whether the difference in culture and value system could
have led to the difference in images of physics, and consequently the
difference in physics achievement.
Having
described the current scenario of the public understanding of physics and the
importance and significance of the public images of physics teachers, I argued
that thereis an urgent need to carry out this study. Before I conceptualise the
theoretical framework of the study (in Chapter 3), I shall first review
critically some related studies in literature.
1.6 Research Questions:
1. What is the perception of teachers of their
public image and its influence on the achievement of students in physics?
2. What factors determine the competency level
of teachers?
3. What factors of the teachers’ public image
influencesthe achievement of students in physics?
1.7
Hypothesis
In this
study, the following null hypothesis shall be stated.
i. There will be no significant
relationship between the teachers’ perception of their public image and its
influence on the achievement of student in physics.
ii. Students’ perception of their
physics teacher will have no relative influence on their achievement in
physics.
iii. There will be no significant
relationship between the factors and the students’ achievement in physics.
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