Teachers’ Disposition and Teaching Space Organisation in Public Secondary Schools, Delta State Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined teachers’ disposition and teaching space organisation in public secondary schools, Delta State Nigeria. The study adopted correlational survey of ex-post-facto research design. The targeted population entailed 452 principals in public secondary schools, from which a sample of 226 were drawn using stratified sampling technique. Instrument titled Teachers’ Disposition and Teaching Space Organisation Questionnaire (TDTSOQ) which was self-constructed was adopted in soliciting information from respondents. Face and content validity were embraced in validating the self-constructed instrument and it was subjected to a split-half reliability test using 30 principals not involved in the main study, a co-efficient of 0.77 was obtained. The data gathered were carefully converted to mean score and standard deviation to answer research questions raised at 2.50 benchmark while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics was applied to test hypothesis formulated at .05 level of significance. Finding shows that teachers’ disposition is related to teaching space organisation in public secondary schools, Delta State. It was recommended among others that school principals particularly in Delta State public school should constantly organise training within the school with special interest on teaching space organisation.

Keywords: Teachers’ Disposition, Teaching Space Organisation, Public Secondary Schools, Delta State.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-21-10

Publication date:July 31^st 2020