Principals’ Review of Teachers’ Records and its Influence on Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices in Public Secondary Schools in Bauchi State, Nigeria
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Date
2019
Authors
Garba, Saleh
Waweru, Samuel
Kaugi, Ephantus M.
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IJRISS
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of
principals' review of teachers' professional records on
pedagogical practices of teachers working in public secondary
schools in Bauchi state, Nigeria. Specifically, the study aimed to:
Examine the extent to which principals' carry out checking
teachers' professional records in public secondary schools in
Bauchi state. The study also investigated whether principals'
review of teachers' professional records significantly predicts
improvement of teachers' pedagogical practices. Finally, the
study made recommendations for the promotion of principals'
skills of supervising teachers’ records in public secondary
schools in Bauchi state, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was
employed for the study. The study used 29 principals
purposively sampled and 375 teachers randomly selected from 29
public junior secondary schools in Bauchi South Senatorial
District. Questionnaires of 5-point Likert scale type and
documents analysis checklist were used for data collection.
Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the
quantitative data. Simple regression analysis was used to test the
hypothesis at 0.05 alpha levels. Findings of the study revealed
that supervisory activities of checking teachers' lesson notes,
records of work and lesson plans were not consistent by many of
the principals in public secondary schools in Bauchi state of
Nigeria. It was also found that most principals in public
secondary schools in Bauchi state merely signed teachers'
professional records without making constructive remarks. The
study concluded that principals’ checking of teachers' records
had a statistically significant effect on teachers' pedagogical
practices of teachers in public secondary schools in Bauchi state.
Checking teachers' records also explained a significant
proportion of teachers' pedagogical practices in public secondary
schools R2
=.09, F (1,373) =40.075, p<.05. The study
recommended that the Ministry of Education, Bauchi state
should organize in-service training for capacity building for the
principals to improve upon their skills of reviewing teachers'
professional records.
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Keywords
Instructional Supervision, Teachers’ records, Pedagogical practices
Citation
Garbal, S., Waweru, S., Ephantus, M., & Kaugi, M. E. (2019). Principals’ review of teachers’ records and its influence on teachers’ pedagogical practices in public secondary schools in Bauchi State, Nigeria. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 3(10), 2454-6186.