ABSTRACT
The primary objective of
this study was to access and describe the attitude of business education
student’s teachers towards teaching profession. The view of 75 students were
sampled with questionnaires administered on student , data analysis revealed that
majority of the student sampled who were predominantly female, as well as their
male counter[art had positive attitude towards teaching profession. Among other
things, it was recommended that teaching profession must be improved to enable
perspective service teachers in training to choose teaching as a profession.
TABLE OF
CONTENT
Chapter One
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of the
problems
Purpose of the study
Research questions
Significance of the
study
Scope of study
Limitations
Definitions of the study
Chapter Two
Review of literature
Chapter Three
Research methodology and
procedure
Research instrument
Reliability and validity
of instrument
Population of the study
Sample size
Questionnaires
administration
Method of data analysis
Statistical techniques
Chapter
Four
Presentation of result
Discussion of the
results
Chapter Five
Summary, Conclusion and
Recommendations
Bibliography
Questionnaires
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education is the key
that opens other doors of development and its is the teachers that hold the key
to the door of education. The importance of teachers in educational development
of any cannot be overemphasized. According to the National Policy on Education
(1981) states that “No educational system can rise above the quality of its
teachers”. Teaching is one of the oldest profession in the world hence,
everybody sees to engage in its because of the simple definition often given to
it.
Akinpelu (1981:94)
defines teaching as the conscious deliberate effort by a mature or experience
person to impact information, knowledge, skills to any immature or less
experience person with the intention that the latter will learn or come to
believe that he is taught on good ground. Teaching represent various activities
undertaken by a more experience and more knowledgeable persons to influence the
behaviour of the other persons.
Bell-Gam (1998:96)
posited that there are number of activities in the classroom which may be called
teaching. For instance, writing on the blackboard for students to copy,
classroom discussion between the teacher and his student etc. Thus, for any
activities to be called teaching. Akinpelu (1981:94) argued that it must be
done in a way that is pedagogically sound and acceptable. In modern Nigeria,
that is a vulgar rush by the students for professions like medicine,
engineering, law and accounting. Similarly, those already in this profession
are striving hard to make them more attractive and there is that element of
pride and self identification among members of above professions. All these
make them more attractive to the students and other members of the public. But
unfortunately, the teaching profession which was one of the earliest profession
in Nigeria has be relegated to the background and least attractive to students.
It will be recalled that before the advent of crude oil and rapid growth in the
banking and other private sector, teaching attracted a large number of students
during the 1940s through late 1960s secondary school leavers including
university students usually made teaching their first part of call but it is
obvious in out contemporary society that teaching is now seen as a profession
for the dregs, while many sees it as a profession for the women. Interaction
with many students in the institution teachers in training shows that while a
few of them (especially the female) love teaching profession. Most of them
react very negatively on the profession. Many parents from the occupation regarded
as a worst job any person could be employ to do. Remark like “God forbid” “My
children will never be a teacher”. Teachers has not be paid for the past few
months are common discouraging remark from parents and teacher
alike.
There are
general poor attitude of college of education students towards the teaching
profession. Several reasons have been adduced to this, it is not surprising
however that the society today has little or no esteem for teachers. This is
because teaching is saddled with a lot of problems., the motivation of
fulfilling the function of teachers in the classroom is depressed by this low
esteem persons realizing low prestige and reward from their occupation direct
the energies and interest away from fulfilling their occupational function
towards for instance, activities designed to enhance their economic substances.
It is also observed that the poor public image of teachers as compared with
those of other professions another discouraging reasons students teachers have
for detesting the profession. Some of them also get scared of facing large
class that contain an average of seventy pupils or more in an effective
teaching and learning process. Moreover, for the fact that the teacher’s salary
is so small that it is hardly sufficient for him to pay monthly bills it is not
even regularly paid this make his morale to be low.
The attitude of Nigerian
students towards teaching profession is not peculiar to this country. It is
universal problems and it has continued to engaged the attention to government
of numerous nation of the world and international organization particularly the
international labour organizations (ILO) for example, the 19891 international
labour organization second joint meeting on conditions of work teachers held in
Geneva in November, 1991 participants were more concerned with the poor income
of teachers. They also deployed the late payment of teacher’s salary in
member’s nations. In this analysis, efforts will be made to determine the
reasons why students do not embrace teaching. Attempts will be made to justify
certain claims made above; suggestions will also be proffered on how to make
teaching profession attractive to student.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The researcher intent to
identify the problems associated with the attitude of College of Education
Students to3ards the teaching profession. In doing this, the following will be
examined;
i.
The social, economic,
educational, religions, and political implication of the attitude of these
students towards the teaching profession.
ii.
The condition of
admission of the students;
iii.
The problem saddling the
teaching profession;
iv.
Attitude of some provost
of College of Education towards the provision of essential facilities that
could lead to effective teaching and learning activities.
1.3
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
In order to be able to
have a clear direction this study follows certain objectives have been bear in
mind. Some of them are;
i.
To find out some of the
reasons that make attitude of College of Education students towards the
teaching profession unique.
ii.
List of the social,
economic, educational, religious and political implications of the attitude of
the students to the development of moral in this nation.
iii.
Identify the problems
that discourage the student’s teachers in the teaching and learning process.
iv.
Analyze some attitudes
of College of Education students towards the teaching profession.
1.4
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following research
questions are formulated;
i.
What are the attitudes
of College of Education of students towards the teaching profession?
ii.
What are the problems of
teaching profession?
iii.
What are the
discouraging reasons students teacher have for detesting the profession?
iv.
Do students embrace
teaching as a profession?
v.
Do parents regard
teaching profession as a job, any persons could be employed to do?
vi.
What are the attitude of
some provost of Colleges of Education towards the provision of essential
facilities that could lead to effective teaching and learning activities?
1.5
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study will be contributing to educational knowledge regarding the various
factors affecting students of education view towards teaching profession.
To make students aware that teaching profession is for those that are
academically wear, but for the intellectuals in the society.
The knowledge of those factors will be helpful to counsellors, parents and
those who come to remedy of the problem facing teaching in the society.
The following
research questions were carried out in this study.
The information provided in this study will be helpful to state ministry of
education embracing on free education and federal government plans for its
qualitative free and functional educational programme.
This study help to encourage students to choose career in teaching profession
as it was stated in the national policy of education (1981) that teacher like
other profession will be legally and publicly recognized as a profession.
1.7
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Attitude: Predisposition to perceive behaviour towards
specific object or certain people in a particular manner.
Profession: This is an occupation with high status made up
of highly trained exerts performing highly specialized role in the society
which some others do or cannot perform.
Motivation: Motivation means that willingness to do
something without needing to be forced to do it.
Interest: curiosity to know or learn more about
something.
Teaching: This is a systematic means of promoting
learning.
Student teachers: A learner who is undergoing the process of
becoming a teacher.
Teacher: This is a person who is trained to inform,
educate, and train a group of people.
Teacher Education: This is an institutionalized procedure through
which teacher are trained.
| Department | Education |
| Project ID Code | EDU0101 |
| Chapters | 5 Chapters |
| No of Pages | 52 pages |
| Reference | YES |
| Format | Microsoft Word |
| Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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