What kind of Professional Development Activities and Motivations do Science Teachers Need for Effective Job Performance? Towards Education for Sustainable Development
Creators: name: Victor Oluwatosin Ajayi, PhD
name: Achor, Emmanuel Edoja
name: Otor, Emmanuel Eriba
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Uncategorized
subject: 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 130310 Maori Education (excl. Early Childhood and Primary Education)
subject: 130106 Secondary Education
subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 160809 Sociology of Education
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 130311 Pacific Peoples Education
subject: 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
subject: 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership
subject: 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori)
subject: 50203 Environmental Education and Extension
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 130104 Kura Kaupapa Maori (Maori Primary Education)
subject: 140204 Economics of Education
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 130199 Education systems not elsewhere classified
subject: 130107 Te Whariki (Maori Early Childhood Education)
subject: Developmental and Educational Psychology
subject: 130101 Continuing and Community Education
subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: 130306 Educational Technology and Computing
subject: 130213 Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy
subject: 130305 Educational Counselling
subject: 130308 Gender, Sexuality and Education
subject: 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation
subject: 220202 History and Philosophy of Education
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 160205 Police Administration, Procedures and Practice
subject: FOS: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
subject: 130210 Physical Education and Development Curriculum and Pedagogy
subject: 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori)
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: 130108 Technical, Further and Workplace Education

description: The study investigated the kind of professional development activities and motivations that science teachers need for effective job performance and consequently towards education for sustainable development in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A sample of 243 science teachers comprising 137 male and 106 female were purposively sampled from 60 senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria was used. The study adopted survey research design. The instrument used for data collection was Teachers’ Professional Development and Motivation Need Questionnaire (TPDMNQ) with the reliability value of 0.89 using Cronbach Alpha. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The research questions were answered using Mean and Standard Deviation scores while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test. The study revealed that there is no significance difference between the mean opinions of male and female science teachers on professional development activities need for effective job performance (t=19.87, df= 241, P&gt;0.05). It was also found that there is no significant difference between the mean opinions of male and female science teachers on motivations need for effective job performance (t=22.31, df= 241, P&gt;0.05). It is recommended among others that Ministry of Education should organize conferences, seminars and workshops should be organized for science teachers regularly and they should also be send for continuing education in order to enhance their teaching skills for effective job performance. Teachers should participation in study groups and administrator should also send teachers to observation visits to other schools for effective job performance. Government should ensure prompt payment of salaries, promotion and career advancement as at when due for effective job performance and consequently towards education for sustainable development.