INTERPLAY OF TEACHERS’ CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR TEACHING-LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

Teachers are recognized as the propelling force in the educational process and an indispensable human resource among other educational resources. The teachers’ characteristics such as gender, qualifications and years of experience were examined to establish the interplay of the characteristics in teaching-learning activities. The quantitative research method of survey design was adopted for this study.  The data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was revealed that gender, years of experience, an interaction effect of gender and years of experience, three-way interaction effect among gender, qualification and years of experience have a statistically significant effect on secondary school teachers’ teaching-learning activities. While qualification, the interaction effect of gender and qualification, and the interaction effect of qualifications and years of experience do not have a statistically significant effect on secondary school teachers’ teaching-learning activities.