Introducing Creativity and Innovation into Classroom Management Skills: A Panacea for Students High Performance in Secondary Schools in Anambra State, Nigeria
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Creativity,, Innovations,, Classroom,, Management,, High Performance.Abstract
The study was embarked upon with a view to identify the classroom management skills, secondary school teachers in Anambra State utilize and the need for creativity and innovations in enhancement of students academic performance. The design for the study was a survey. The study covered all secondary schools in the six education zones of Anambra State. The population of the study consisted of 5713 secondary school teachers. Random sampling technique was used in selecting three zones and teachers. Questionnaire titled “Questionnaire Innovation and Creativity in Classroom Management (QICCM) was used as instrument to collect data. It was face and content validated with a reliability coefficient of “r”- 0.86 and “r”- 0.84 through test re-test method. Three research questions guided the study. Analysis was done using weighted mean. Findings indicated that secondary school teachers yearn for introduction of creativity and innovative strategies to enhance the skills of delivery of instructions following the massive trend in today’s technology. Based on the findings, recommendations were made which propagated organization of regular workshop and seminars for teachers
aiming at inculcating the importance of classroom management for effective implementation of innovative and creative strategies.
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