Teachers’ Professional Ethics and Classroom Management as a Correlate of Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria

Chukwuemeka Joseph Chukwu, Evelyn Ijeoma Ezepue, Kalu-mba Evelyn, Ukamaka Felicia Iremeka, Nweke Prince Onyemaechi, Madu Chioma Vivian and Iro Stephen Uwakwe
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Chukwuemeka Joseph Chukwu: Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Nigeria
Evelyn Ijeoma Ezepue: Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Nigeria
Kalu-mba Evelyn: Department of Educational Management and Business Studies, Federal University, Ekiti State , Nigeria
Ukamaka Felicia Iremeka: Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Nigeria
Nweke Prince Onyemaechi: Institute of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Nigeria
Madu Chioma Vivian: Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Nigeria
Iro Stephen Uwakwe: Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria Nsukka – 410101, Enugu State, Nigeria

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2020, vol. 6, issue 7, 715-719

Abstract: The study examined teachers’ professional ethics and classroom management as a correlate of students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a Correlational Research Design. The population of the study consisted of 9,200 Secondary School Students in Public Secondary Schools. The study sampled 920 students representing 10% of the populations using Stratified Random Sampling Technique. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire titled: “Teachers’ Professional Ethics and Classroom Management of Students Academic performance (TPECMSAP)†. The instrument was validated by three experts. The instrument was tested using t-test method and calculated with Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation which yielded an index of 0.71 for teachers’ professional ethics and 0.89 for classroom management. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. Pearson’s r, R2 (coefficient of determination) and multiple regression analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ professional ethics, classroom management and students academic performance. The findings of the study revealed that employment of qualified teachers and other professionals’ demands for practices to ensure high academic performance. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government and the school administrators should organize seminars, workshops and conferences to create more awareness on teachers’ ethics and classroom managements on academic performance of students in Nigeria.

Keywords: Academic performance; Classroom management; Professional ethics; Teaching ethics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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