Roles of Secondary School Teachers in Promoting Effective Adolescent’s Classroom Learning Environment in Ilorin Metropolis.
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2021
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Association of Educational Researchers and Evaluators of Nigeria.
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This study focused on the roles of secondary school teachers in promoting effective adolescent’s classroom learning environment in Ilorin Metropolis. Descriptive survey design was employed in this study. The target population comprised of all the secondary school teachers in Ilorin, Kwara State. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed in selecting 220 respondents for the study. The respondent’s data were collected using a self-designed instrument tagged were “Roles of Teachers in Promoting Adolescents Learning Environment Questionnaire” (RTPALEQ). The validity of the instrument was ascertained and a reliability coefficient of 0.67 was obtained. Data where analysed using percentages, t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), while all hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. The questionnaire consists of two sections, Section A dealt with demographic data, Section B consist of the roles of secondary school teachers in promoting effective adolescent’s classroom learning environment. The item by item analysis table shows that the teachers agreed that effective adolescent’s classroom environment can be promoted by encouraging students to ask questions on what they have learnt and assisting them to gather relevant information that align with classroom instructions The findings of this study showed that there was a significant difference in the respondent’s opinion on the basis of school location and numbers of the teachers’ years in service. It was therefore recommended that the school leadership should constantly emphasized on the need for the teachers to create a positive classroom learning environment for the adolescents.
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Classroom, Adolescents, Learning Environment, Teachers.