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INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING AND PRODUCTIVITY IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA🔗

PLANIFICACIÓN EDUCATIVA Y PRODUCTIVIDAD EN ESCUELAS SECUNDARIAS PÚBLICAS EN EL ESTADO DE ONDO, NIGERIA🔗

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Author(s)🔗

Adeolu Joshua Ayeni , Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria

https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2022.0016

Abstract🔗

Stakeholders’ concern about the dwindling quality of teachers’ instructional tasks and students’ academic performance in Nigeria secondary schools could be attributed to the perceive inadequacies in instructional planning. This study therefore investigated teachers’ instructional planning and productivity in public secondary schools in Ondo North Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted, and 600 teachers and 30 principals were sampled using multi-stage and simple randomly sampling techniques. Data were collected using Instructional Planning Questionnaire (IPQ), and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ). Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Results indicated a moderate level of teachers’ instructional planning (Mean = 2.97); teachers demonstrated high performance in the preparation of lesson notes, content knowledge, classroom management and record-keeping while the least performed tasks included the use of instructional materials, learners’ assessment, performance feedback and review of academic activities. Teachers’ instructional planning has significant relationship with instructional task performance [r = 0.896 p<0.05], and students’ academic performance [r = 0.851 p<0.05]. The study concluded that teachers performed instructional planning at a moderate level while concerted efforts are needed to boost productivity. It was recommended that the State Ministry of Education and relevant professional bodies should organize capacity training seminars/workshops to improve teachers’ instructional tasks performance in secondary schools.

Keywords
instructional planning; instructional task; instructional performance; productivity; academic performance

Resumen🔗

La preocupación de los grupos de interés sobre la disminución de la calidad de las tareas de enseñanza de los docentes y el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes en las escuelas secundarias de Nigeria podría atribuirse a las insuficiencias percibidas en la planificación de la enseñanza. Por lo tanto, este estudio investigó la planificación de la formación y la productividad de los docentes en las escuelas secundarias públicas del distrito senatorial del norte de Ondo, en el estado de Ondo, Nigeria. Se adoptó un diseño de investigación de encuesta descriptiva y se muestrearon 600 docentes y 30 directores, utilizando técnicas de muestreo aleatorio simple y multietapa. Los datos se recopilaron utilizando el Cuestionario de Planificación Instruccional (IPQ) y el Cuestionario de Productividad de los Maestros (TPQ). Tres preguntas de investigación y dos hipótesis guiaron el estudio. Las preguntas de investigación se respondieron utilizando estadísticas descriptivas, mientras que las hipótesis se probaron a un nivel de significancia de 0,05 utilizando Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Los resultados indicaron un nivel moderado de planificación de la enseñanza de los maestros (Media = 2.97); los maestros demostraron un alto desempeño en la preparación de notas de lecciones, conocimiento del contenido, gestión del aula y mantenimiento de registros, mientras que las tareas menos realizadas incluyeron el uso de materiales didácticos, la evaluación de los alumnos, la retroalimentación del desempeño y la revisión de las actividades académicas. La planificación de la enseñanza de los docentes tiene una relación significativa con el desempeño de tareas instruccionales [r = 0.896 p<0.05] y el desempeño académico de los estudiantes [r = 0.851 p<0.05]. El estudio concluyó que los maestros realizaron la planificación de la enseñanza a un nivel moderado, mientras que se necesitan esfuerzos concertados para aumentar la productividad. Se recomendó que el Ministerio de Educación del Estado y los organismos profesionales pertinentes organicen seminarios/talleres de formación de capacidades para mejorar el desempeño de las tareas de enseñanza de los docentes en las escuelas secundarias.

Palabras clave
planificación de la enseñanza; tarea instructiva; desempeño instructivo; productividad; desempeño académico

Received
16 June 2022

Accepted
17 July 2022

Copyright
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Citation🔗

Ayeni, A.J. (2022). Instructional Planning and Productivity in Public Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. Journal of Management and Business Education, 5(3), 266-281. https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2022.0016

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