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Teachers’ and Students’ Disposition Towards the Teaching and Learning of Non-African Poetry in Selected SeniorSecondary Schools in Offa, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated teachers and students disposition towards the teaching and learning of Non-African Poetry in selected senior secondary schools in Offa, Nigeria. The study adopted the survey design. Participants were 12 Literature-in-English teachers and 120 students from six public senior secondary schools in Offa Township, Kwara State, Nigeria. The two research instruments used were Teachers’ Disposition towards the Teaching of Non-African Poetry(r=0.78) and Students’ Disposition to the Learning of Non-African Poetry(r=0.82). The data collected were analysed using the descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage mean and standard deviation, Pearson product moment correction and multiple regression. The finding revealed that teachers had a good disposition towards the teaching of non-African poetry (weighted mean of 3.36). Also, the study revealed that the students had a positive disposition to the learning of nonAfrican poetry (weighted mean of 3.02), against 2.50 thresholds, respectively based on the findings, it is recommended that teaching methods that could enhance students’ engagement and creativity in non-African poetry should be adopted to sustain their positive disposition, while teachers should be exposed to in-service training programmes, seminars, workshops and conferences to keep them abreast of innovative teaching methods and assessment methods.

Citation

Dr Joy I. Anthony and Febisola Sadiat Umar. Teachers’ and Students’ Disposition Towards the Teaching and Learning of Non-African Poetry in Selected SeniorSecondary Schools in Offa, Nigeria. International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences Education, 10(1), 54-62.

Keywords

Teachers, Students, Disposition, Non-African Poetry, Students in Offa, Kwara State

Author Details

Dr Joy I. Anthony
Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education
University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Febisola Sadiat Umar
Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education
University of Ibadan, Ibadan