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| Students Academic Performance In Social Studies: Is A Spatial Spread Of Teachers A Factor?
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ELUOWA, Blessing, Prof. P. O. Dania & Dr. E. C. Ogheneakoke
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Abstract:
This study examined spatial spread of Social Studies teachers and students' academic performance in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria. The study was prompted by the observation of the researcher that Social Studies teachers at the Upper Basic secondary schools were not being spatially spread in terms of male, female, urban and rural, respectively. Four research questions and four null hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. In order to assess the relationship between spatial spread of teachers and academic performance in social studies, an ex-post facto research design was adopted. The population of this study consists of all the public secondary school principals in Delta (463) and Edo (259) with a total figure of seven hundred and twenty-two (722). The sample for the study was 361 respondents as the sample size for the study. The questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection and it was titled Spatial Spread of Social Studies Teacher on Students Academic Performance Questionnaire (SSTSAPQ). The study adopted its face and content method of obtaining validity of an instrument to be used for data collection. The validated instrument obtained its reliability coefficient through the medium of test re-test procedure where an index of 0.82 was obtained. Generated data from the field was the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at an alpha of 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that there is a significant relationship between spatial spread of Social Studies teachers and students' academic performance; there is a significant relationship between demand for Social Studies teachers and students' academic performance; there is a significant relationship between supply of Social Studies teachers and students' academic performance; there is significant relationship between demand and supply of male Social Studies teachers and students' academic performance; there is significant relationship between demand and supply of female Social Studies teachers and students' academic performance. The study concludes that the overall variables of spatial spread, of Social Studies teachers has implication on students' academic performance in Delta and Edo States. The study recommended that; government should give equal priority to the recruitment of male and female social studies teachers and ensure equal distribution to urban and rural areas. Teachers in various educational institutions should strive to enhance the learning experience and improve the performance of students in this crucial subject.
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