TEACHERS ATTITUDE AND READINESS FOR VIRTUAL TEACHING IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE


Nwandu Sandra Ifeoma Edith, Prof. P. C. Ukaigwe , Prof. S. O. Nwafor
Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,Nigeria
Abstract
The study investigated teachers’ attitude and readiness for virtual teaching in public senior secondary schools In in Rivers State. Globally, technology is being adopted in the provision of goods and rendering of services but the extent to which teachers are digitally ready for virtual teaching in Rivers State remains unclear. The study was guided by seven research questions and seven corresponding hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 6,573 teachers in the 289 public senior secondary schools in Rivers State out of which 377 teachers were sampled for the study using multi stage sampling technique. The instrument used for data gathering was questionnaire titled “Teachers’ Digital Readiness for the Implementation of Virtual Education Questionnaire”. The questionnaire was face and content validated by the researcher’s supervisors and three other experts (one in the Department of Educational Management and two in Measurement and Evaluation under the Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counseling) from University of Port Harcourt. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach Alpha statistics and the reliability index of the seven clusters of the questionnaire were 0.82 and 0.88, while the average reliability was 0.87. There were 377 copies of questionnaire administered, while 369 copies were retrieved which indicated a 97.9% retrieval rate. The research questions raised were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study indicated that teachers’ readiness in terms of behaviour and belief were to a high extent. The study concluded that teachers were partially digitally ready for virtual teaching. Digital training for teachers was recommended among others.
Keywords: Teacher Perception, Virtual Tools
Journal Name :
EPRA International Journal of Environmental Economics, Commerce and Educational Management

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Published on : 2024-07-23

Vol : 11
Issue : 7
Month : July
Year : 2024
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