Pedagogical Competencies of Teachers and Performance of Junior Secondary Students in Social Studies in Kontagora Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria
- January 10, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Education, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
IKANI Victoria Eno1, EYONG, Emmanuel Ikpi PhD2 & EJUE Helen Francis3
1Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education University of Jos, Nigeria
2Cross River State University of Technology Calabar, Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria
3Deartment of Educational Foundations, University of Calabar, Calabar, CRS, Nigeria
Abstract:-This study examined Pedagogical Competencies of Teachers and Performance of Junior Secondary Students in Social Studies in Kontagora Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria. Three hypotheses were stated and tested in the study and the correlational research design was employed. The population of this study comprised of three thousand one hundred and twenty nine (3,129) lower basic I and II students and one hundred and ten (110) teachers from all the public and private secondary schools in Kontagora Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The students were those that are currently in 2017/2018 academic session. The sample size to be used for this study consists of one hundred and fifty six (156) lower basic students representing 5% of the estimated sample of all lower basic I and II Social Studies students in public and private Secondary Schools in Kontagora LGA of Niger State. The stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used for the study with two instruments were designed by the researcher for data collection namely: Teachers Assessment Form (TAF) and Lower Basic I and II Academic Performance Test (LBAPT) for the students to respond to. In order to ascertain the validity of the instruments: Teachers Assessment Form (TAF)) and the Lower Basic Academic Performance Test (LBAPT) was determined using construct and content validity: the instrument was given to three experts, two in Measurement and Evaluation and one in Social Studies Education from the university of Jos to scrutinize the items. The reliability of the TAF was established with split half reliability method using fifty (50) respondents drawn from the population. After the administration of the TAF the co-efficient of internal consistency was determined with split half reliability index which ranged from 0.78 to 0.93 respectively. The descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in this study and the three hypotheses were tested with Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and finding revealed that the level of competence of Social Studies teachers’ in classroom assessment competence, classroom arrangement and classroom interaction competence is high. It was recommended among others that.
Keywords: Pedagogical Competencies, Teachers Performance, Social Studies, Kontagora Local Government Area, Niger State.
