Attitude towards the Teaching Profession: The Secondary School Teachers’ Outlook

Open Journal of Educational Research | Vol 2, Issue 1

Table 1. Mean Rating of the Attitude of SecondarySchool Teachers towards the Teaching Profession in Awka South LGA, AnambraState

S/N	As a teacher	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Remarks
1	I inspire students to realize and exceed their potentials.	55	3.73	.449	Accepted
2.	I am a great mentor and teacher for the students	55	3.87	.336	Accepted
3.	I instill in students the needs to never stop learning.	55	3.65	.615	Accepted
4.	I maintain a good relationship with my students.	55	3.27	.827	Accepted
5.	I cannot control the class without inflicting corporal punishment to disobedient students	55	2.84	1.229	Accepted
6.	I do not follow up to formative assessment.	55	1.18	.611	Unaccepted
7.	I do not make use of instructional materials in my teachings.	55	1.18	.611	Unaccepted
8.	I am lackadaisical towards the students’ academic performance.	55	1.00	.000	Unaccepted
9.	I am always available for my students’ questions and consultation.	55	3.07	.900	Accepted
10.	I take sufficient time to clarify the doubts of my students.	55	3.11	.936	Accepted
11.	My responsibility towards the students ends in school.	55	1.02	.135	Unaccepted
12.	I complain about the teaching profession due to the school workload	55	3.09	.800	Accepted
13.	I complain about the teaching profession because of the low pay scale.	55	3.93	.262	Accepted
14.	I have no self-satisfaction in teaching.	55	1.64	.930	Unaccepted
15.	I cannot make ends meet without private tuition.	55	2.87	1.233	Accepted
16.	My duty as a teacher is to equip myself with the latest technology	55	3.11	.854	Accepted
17.	I am proud of my profession irrespective of other people’s feeling towards it	55	3.58	.809	Accepted
18.	I am more interested in my salary than the students	55	1.29	.685	Unaccepted
19.	I consider teaching a noble profession	55	3.06	.359	Accepted
20.	Teaching is a challenging profession	55	3.27	.952	Accepted

	GRAND MEAN			2.63	Accepted