School climate and teachers’ effectiveness in Kwara State secondary schools, Nigeria
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2016
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Faculty of Education , Al-hikmah University
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The purpose of this study was to find out if there was any significant relationship between school climate and teachers' effectiveness inIlorin West Local Government Area secondary schools. To guide the study one main and one operational hypotheses were formulated. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. Ten schools were surveyed and a total of 200 teachers in total were randomly chosen. The instruments used for data collection were "School Climate Questionnaire " (SCQ) and "Students' Academic Performance Proforma " (SAPP). The main hypothesis formulated was tested using Pearson Moment correlation technique because it dealt with relationship between two variables and the operational hypothesis was tested using t-test because it dealt with difference between two variables. The findings revealed that; there was a significant relationship between school climate and teachers' effectiveness in Kwara State Secondary Schools, there was significant difference between teachers' effectiveness in schools open climate and teacher also a effectiveness in schools with closed climate in Kwara State secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that principals should involve teachers in decision-making process, not operate a fixed and flexible schedule and strive to promote group spirit among teachers.
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A journal Article by Abdulkareem, R. L (2016), titled School climate and teachers’ effectiveness in Kwara State secondary schools, Nigeria. In Al-Hikmah Journal of Education. 3 (2); 408-414, Published by Faculty of Education , Al-hikmah University, Ilorin
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School Climate, Teachers Effectiveness, Student academic performance