ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES OF HISTORY TEACHERS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Uchechi Ngozi Wosu, Oroma Alikor, Bartholomew Godstime Orlunga

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The study assessed the influence of continuous professional development programmes on the teaching methodologies of history teachers in senior secondary schools in Rivers State. Three research questions with corresponding three hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey designs. The population for the study consisted of 604 History teachers in public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. A retrieved sample was used for analysis, and there were 280 respondents. Stratified random sampling was used to stratify Rivers State into Rivers East, Rivers West and Rivers South East senatorial districts. Stage Quota sampling technique was applied to select History teachers from each senatorial district in Rivers State. The instrument constructed was a questionnaire titled “Influence of Continuous Professional Development Programmes on the Teaching Methodologies of History Teachers Questionnaire (ICPDPTMHTQ). The content and face validity instrument was validated by experts and History head teachers. Cronbach alpha was used to determine the reliability index of 0.80. Out of 302 copies of the instrument distributed to the respondents, 280 copies of the instruments were returned. Multiple Regression statistics method associated with ANOVA and t-test was used to answer research questions and test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that Continuous professional development significantly enhances teaching methods for history teachers in Rivers State. However, project-based learning, field trips, virtual tours, game-based learning, visual learning, and the Socratic method show no significant influence, indicated by high p-values and low coefficients. The study recommended that school administrators should be encouraged to offer CPD programmes that include training on innovative teaching strategies, like project-based learning and field trips, to enhance the overall effectiveness of history instruction.

 

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continuous, professional, development, programmes, teaching, methodologies, history teachers

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v11i11.5597

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