TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP: A CORRELATE FOR THE REALIZATION OF TEACHING- LEARNING OBJECTIVES IN PHYSICS

Bada, Abiodun A.

Special Education and Curriculum Studies

Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.

kunle_biodun@yahoo.com

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of teacher-student relationship on the career commitment of senior secondary school Physics teachers. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. 85 senior secondary school Physics teachers in Ondo central senatorial district of Ondo State were involved in the study. A researcher questionnaire (teacher-student relationship, r = 0.90 and career commitment scale, r =0,76) was used to obtain data for the study. Two research hypothesis were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. t-test statistics was used to analysis the data obtained from the study. Result from the study revealed that there was a significant difference in the career commitment of senior secondary school Physics teachers with high and low teacher-student relationship. Again, there was no significant difference in the career commitment of senior secondary school Physics teachers’ base on gender. Recommendations from the study include that teachers should endeavour to improve on their relationship with their students. Also, teachers should create a stimulating, enriched and creative oriented working environment that will be beneficial to promoting and enhancing career commitment among physics teachers.