RELATIONSHIP AMONG TEACHING EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCE AND ECONOMICS PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN, OYO STATE
Keywords:
Teaching experience, Competence, Economics, PerformanceAbstract
The study examined the relationship among teaching experience, competence and Economics Performance of Secondary School Students in Ibadan, Oyo State. Descriptive survey design was used to execute the study. The population of the study comprised all secondary school teachers and students in Ibadan while the target population consisted of all senior secondary II Economics teachers and their students in Ibadan, Oyo State. One thousand six hundred and eighty five respondents (1625 students and 60 teachers) were purposively selected from 55 randomly selected secondary schools in the study area. Researchers design instruments tiled “Teachers Competence Questionnaire” and “Economics Achievement Test (EAT)” were used in obtaining information for the study. The reliability of the Teachers Competence Questionnaire was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha while the Economics Performance Test (EAT) was established using split-half method of testing reliability. The instruments yielded reliability coefficient values of 0.78 and 0.75 respectively. These coefficient values were considered high enough to be used in this study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and Multiple Regression Analysis. The study showed that the level of students’ performance in Economics in Ibadan was high with a mean score of 62.79%; and that there was significant relationship among teaching experience, competence and performance. While there was significant relative contribution of experience to performance, a non-significant relative contribution of competence to academic performance was also found. It was therefore recommended among others that the government should ensure that only experienced teachers are employed to teach the student.
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