PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY PRACTICES ON TEACHERS’ USE OF E-LEARNING RESOURCES IN THE DELIVERY OF SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS SOUTH EAST EDUCATION ZONES
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In this study, the researcher investigated principals’ supervisory practices on teachers’ use of e-learning resources in the delivery of Social Studies instructions in junior secondary schools in Rivers South East Education Zones, Rivers State. To achieve purpose of the study, two research questions were asked and two corresponding hypotheses were tested to guide the study. The study adopted the survey research design. The population of this study was 2,529 teachers comprising 956 male and 1,573 females in all the 73 public junior secondary schools in the study area. The researcher drew a sample of 345 respondents in 14 selected public junior secondary schools in the study area through Taro Yamane formula. This sample was drawn using proportionate random sampling and stratified random sampling techniques. The instrument for this study is a researcher-constructed rating scale titled “Principals’ Supervisory Practices on Teachers’ Use of E-learning Resources Scale” (PSPTUERS) which contained 30 items. The instrument was validated by three research specialists. A reliability coefficient of 0.75 was obtained using Cronbach alpha. Research questions were answered using mean scores and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using the t-test statistics. The result found that there is a low level of principals’ application of classroom visitation and mentoring practices on teachers’ use of e-learning resources in the delivery of social studies instructions with no significant difference based on gender and school location. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that principals should improve more on their classroom visitation and monitoring supervisory practice as this will help stir up teachers’ ability to utilize the various e-learning resources available in schools for delivery of instructions. Classroom visitation, E-learning resources, Monitoring practice, Social studies and Supervisory practicesReferences
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