Principals’ Classroom Visitation and its Influence on Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices in Public Secondary Schools at Bauchi State, Nigeria
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Date
2019
Authors
Garba, Saleh
Waweru, Samuel
Kaugi, Ephantus
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Publisher
Research and Scientific Innovation Society
Abstract
This study sought to determine the influence of
principals’ classroom visitation on teachers’ pedagogical
practices in public secondary schools of Bauchi state, Nigeria.
The objectives that guided the study, were first, to examine
principals’ implementation of classroom visits in public
secondary schools; secondly to find out the effect of principals’
classroom visitation on pedagogical practices of the teachers and
make recommendations for improvement of teachers’
pedagogical practices. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design
was employed for the study. The participants in the study
comprised 29 principals and 385 teachers randomly selected
from the public secondary schools in Bauchi state.
Questionnaires and document observation checklist were used
for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were
employed to analyze the quantitative data with the aid of SPSS.
The qualitative data were analyzed using thematic techniques.
Simple linear regression analysis was used to test the research
hypothesis at α=.05 significance levels. Findings of the study
revealed that the majority of principals in public secondary
schools in Bauchi state did not execute procedural lesson
observation. Also, most principals did not provide teachers with
feedback on observed instructions. Furthermore, regression
analysis revealed that the principals’ classroom visitation has
statistically significant effect on teachers’ pedagogical practices
in public secondary schools (R2=.138, F (1,373) =59.691 p<.05).
Given this evidence, the null hypothesis that principals’
classroom visitation does not significantly influence teachers’
pedagogical practices was rejected. And the alternative
hypothesis that principals’ classroom visitation significantly
influences teachers’ pedagogical practices was accepted. The
study recommends that Ministry of Education Bauchi state
should provide a specific in-service capacity building for
principals on techniques of organizing and conducting
procedural classroom visits to enhance instructions.
Description
A research articled published in International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI)
Keywords
Instructional Supervision, Classroom Visitation, Pedagogical practices
Citation
Saleh Garba, D., Waweru, S., & Kaugi, E. Principals’ Classroom Visitation and its Influence on Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices in Public Secondary Schools at Bauchi State, Nigeria.