THE EFFECT OF TEACHERS’ PUBLIC IMAGE ON TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT
The study examined the influence of teachers’ public image on teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Odi-Olowo Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, relevant and extensive literatures were reviewed under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used in the assessment of the opinions of the selected respondents with the adoption of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total of 100 (One Hundred) respondents were selected and used as samples for this study, the respondents were made up of (50 males and 50 females). A total of four research questions and four null hypotheses were generated and used in this study using the simple percentage count to analyze the research questions and the Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient and the t-test statistical tools were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. At the end of the data analyses, the following results emerged: there is a significant influences of negative public image on teachers’ motivation to teach in the public secondary schools in Lagos State; there is a significant influence of positive image on teachers’ motivation to teach in the public secondary schools in Lagos State. There is a significant relationship between public image of teachers and their general performance in secondary schools in Lagos State; there is a significant gender difference in the teaching impact among teachers due to public image. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made: It is recommended that teachers should be regarded well in the Nigerian teaching profession and that for teachers to be influential in the teaching and learning processes. It is also recommended that teachers should not have negative dispositions towards their work in the secondary schools in Lagos State. Teachers in Nigeria are generally regarded as “second- class” professionals, and this has caused poor performance among teachers in Nigerian secondary schools, especially in Lagos State. For this reason, it is recommended that teachers should have positive dispositions and positive image so that they would be able to carry out their works influentially and to assist students performances in their academic activities in schools.