EVALUATING PHYSICS TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URBAN AND RURAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA

This paper presents the results of evaluating the level of physics teachers effectiveness in urban and rural senior secondary schools. It also analyzes comparatively, the teaching effectiveness in the two types of educational institutions locations in the state. The population for the study consisted of physics students in all the urban and rural senior secondary schools in the State. A sample of 186 teachers was chosen through purposive sampling technique, with93 teachers from urban schools and 93 from rural schools. Data were gathered using the Teachers Effectiveness Scale (TES) and the Physics Achievement Test (PAT) after ascertaining the validity and reliability of the instruments. The results of the study revealed that the level of physics teachers effectiveness in urban senior secondary schools is high while that in rural senior secondary schools is low. It also revealed that schools with high level of teacher effectiveness produce high achievement. It was recommended that state wide programmes to sensitize physics teachers in the major areas of teacher effectiveness should be conducted by the Ministry of Education and related agencies.