ABSTRACT
The topic of this study is the influence of poor
teacher-students relationship on academic performance of senior secondary
school biology students in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi state. The
study intend to determine the extent to which teachers punish and react towards
students in the class whenever their attention is needed by them, the extent to
which teachers reinforce the students in the classroom, the extent to which
teachers allows students freedom in the class and the extent to which teachers
use leisure time to engage the students in a friendly chat. The data used for
the study were obtained by the use of structured questionnaire. The study
adopted random sampling techniques using a sample size of 200 students from the
4 selected government secondary schools, mean and grand mean was used for data
analysis. The population for this study consists of two thousand three hundred
and eighty eight (2,388). The sampling technique used in this study was simple
random sampling technique. The researcher therefore recommended that mentorship
should be encouraged in school so that mentors will know and meets the needs of
the students and hence encourage and improve the relationship between the
teachers and students, qualified and sound minded teachers should be employed
in order to develop, nurture and maintain good relationship between the
teachers and students, seminar or workshop should be organized at least once or
twice in a year for teachers in order to enlighten them more on how to relate,
communication and associate with their students, teachers should try and
reinforce their students positively whenever they answer questions correctly or
wrongly.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
There is no doubt that education is an
instrument for national development. It has become an instrument which every
country across the globe has adopted for their development. Education tries to
groom students in different fields of which science subject (biology inclusive)
are part of. Biology as a natural science offers excellent background for
various professional studies and competence in effectively relating what is learnt
in school to real life outside school (Eryilmaz, 2010).
It has been acknowledged as a
pre-requisite for the study of several courses in the universities. For
examples medicine and other applied science courses need biology. Biology
education is generally aimed at equipping the individual learner with such
knowledge, skills and attitude that will enable them live a meaningful
development of the social economic and cultural benefits (NERDC, 2006).
Science as “a body of knowledge is
acquired through systematic and procedural processes bared on tentative
observation and experiment”. In the sight of the above, science may be viewed
as a way of thinking in the pursuit of understanding nature, a way of
investigating and a body of established knowledge.
Biology as a branch of science is
derived from two Greek words; ‘Bio’ which means life and “logo” means study.
biology therefore means the study of life or living things. It is the branch of
science which investigates the origin, structure, function and distribution of
life in all its forms. (Jordan and Verma, 2009).
Abugu (2007) stated that biology is a
natural science in which we study living organisms-plants and animals.
Furthermore Iloeje (2011) viewed Biology as the science in which we study
living things. Based on the above statement, man lives in a novel world, there
are animals, plants, rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, and so on, round him.
Being a curious being, man takes delight in exploring his world, seeks to have
a world view of the universe strives to investigate all matter around their
origin, nature, characteristics and other features, the inquiry, he asks a lot
of questions and in his search for answers to such questions, he needs to be
systematic and unbiased.
Receiving a quality education is an
important corner stone in the lives of every individual. It is important that
students have the tools they need to be successful tools that include
motivation and engagement. For some students, motivation is not always
intrinsic. It therefore falls to others to guide student along the path to
their own education. As teachers spend
an incredible amount of time with their students over the course of the Year.
It is a teacher’s responsibility to foster an inclination for learning.
Research has indicates that the relationship between teachers and students is
an important predictor of academic engagement and achievement. Infact the most
powerful weapon teachers have, when trying to foster a favorable learning
climate, is positive relationship with their students.
A sizeable literature and some other
scholarly article suggest that if teachers take the time to build relationships
they can motivate their students to learn. Further research also suggests that
teachers need to have a strong belief that building relationships are important
to the motivation process. There is need to capitalize on there belief for the
students benefits. It is important that educators recognize the impact the have
on their students and consider strongly their students perceptions of them
(Eschanmann, 2009). Teachers have to ensure that they are meeting student’s
needs, both academically and emotionally.
One of the most pure and deeply
inspirational relationships is that of a devoted teacher and willing students.
Almost everyone has a favorite and those we liked less; it totally depends on
how the student teacher relationships were developed, natured and given space
to evolve. (Kim Lee, 2016). Aligned with the attachment theory, positive
teacher students enable the students to feel secure and safe in their learning
environment and provide scaffolding for local and academic skills. However,
inability of the teacher to develop and from positive relationship with his/her
students serves as one of the factors that influences and hinders the students
from performing very well in their academics. For instance, in the area of
biology, it is been regarded as the subject for females, just few male have the
courage to study this course (biology, it there is no experienced and qualified
teacher that can handle and interact with this student they will find it
difficult to learn and even concentrate during the course of the study since
they have natural hatred for the subject (biology). According to Hughes (2011),
teachers may find it challenging to establish positive relationships with
students who display on overly confident demeanor. Teachers tend to view
students as deliberately non-compliant and are apt to react harshly.
According to Whitaker (2013), the main
variable in the classroom is not the student, but the teacher great teachers
have high expectations for their students, but even higher expectations of
themselves. These teachers recognize the importance of connecting with their
students that if they are unable to connect with them emotionally then
influencing their minds may be impossible. “Good teachers put snags in the
river of children passing by and over time, the redirect hundreds of
lives…There is an innocence that conspires to hold humanity together”. (Bolman
AND BIRCH 2007, P. 124). Whitaker (2013) suggests that teachers are the first
and perhaps most important point in a student’s life. Lavioies (2010) book”. The motivation breakthrough: 6
secrets to turning on the turned out child” he told the story of an inflexible
teacher arguing the need for passive instruction and in passive learning. The
teacher contended that his job was to provide his students with information. He
continued his passiveness by arguing those who did not want to learn could sit
at the back and sleep. The teacher’s final comment “…that is not my problem…I
am a teacher not his cheer leader” suggest that there are teachers who still
have a misunderstanding of their roles in the classroom (Whitaker, 2013). A
good teacher that has a great ambition for his/her students does not only
teach, but ensures that the students concentrate and understands what he/she
thought them.
According to Olumba (2013), the
educational aims cannot be actualized if there is a poor relationships between
the teacher and their students. Bringing the aims of education to reality
depends on the orientation of teachers and the students in the educational
system because good education required trained and committed teachers who will
carry the students along with them to achieve the educational goals.
Statement of the Problem
The school system generally in Ebonyi
Local Government Area has been associated with poor academic performance,
formation of perpetual hatred to teachers, bad gangs by students and neglect of
some subjects which gave rise to serious problems for the realization of
educational objectives. In the sigh of the above problems, the researcher
therefore intend to carry out this study in order to find out the extent to
which poor teacher students relationship has influenced the academic
achievement of senior secondary school biology student in Ebonyi Local
Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of this study was to
find the influence of poor teacher-students relationships on academic
achievement of senior secondary school biology students in Ebonyi Local
government Area of Ebonyi State. The study intends to find out:
i.
The extent to which teachers punish and react towards
students in the class whenever their attention is needed by them.
ii.
The extent to which teacher students relationship can be encourage
in the classroom.
iii.
The extent to which teachers reinforce the students in
their classroom.
iv.
The extent to which teachers allow student freedom in
the class.
v.
The extent to which teachers use leisure time to
engage the student in a friendly chat.
Significant of the Study
The finding
of this study will be of benefit and also will go a long way in helping all
stakeholders of education which includes teachers, students, parents,
educational planners, private organizations schools and entire system of
education.
Teachers will benefit when there is an
improvement in the relationship between the teachers and the students because
it will serve as a sense of direction to them by helping them to understand and
know the reason why students perform below standards academically. Also if the
students perform very well the teachers will as well be rewarded.
Students will benefit when there is a
cordial relationship between them and their teacher. More knowledge will be
acquired because when there is cordial relationship the students can always go
to their teacher and relate their problems to them and more emphasis will be
laid on it. Also there are students that
learns better when things are explained
to them more outside the school or classroom. So when there is cordial
relationship student will learn better and achieve better academically.
Parents will benefit because their
wards been the students will learn better and achieve better or very well academically
because parents always have great joy whenever their wards perform very well or
do very well academically and also in school activities.
Educational planners will benefit when
there is improvement in the relationship between students and their teacher
because the educational goal that the educational planners set out will be
achieved since their intention is for the schools to achieve the aims, goals
and objectives, once there is positive relationship between the teachers and
students, the educational goals will not only be achieved the society will have
fruitful and intelligent graduates.
Private organization will benefit from
improved relationship between the teacher and students because the school
produces qualified and intelligent students that will be fruitful to the
society as they have related very well with their teachers and perform very
well in their academics. The private organizations will enjoy them (students)
that graduate from schools because they will be focused, committed and dedicated in their work when they are employed.
Scope of the Study
For an efficient and successful work
to be carried out, the researcher limits this study to a defined geographical
zone that is concerned secondary schools in Ebonyi local government area of
Ebonyi state.
Research Questions
The following questions were
formulated to guide the study;
i.
In what ways do teachers punish and react towards
students in the class whenever their attention is needed by them?
ii.
To what extent can we encourage students-teachers
relationships in the classroom?
iii.
To what extent do teachers reinforce the students in
their class?
iv.
To what extent do teachers allow students freedom in
their class?
v.
To what extent do teachers use leisure time to engage
the students in a friendly chat?
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