Teachers In Role Performance

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Introduction
Often we hear people talk of falling standard of education or low standard of education in Nigeria. The standard and quality of education rest to a great extent on the teacher. This is because, no education system can rise above the quality of its teachers since nobody can give what he/she does not have. The low quality of education could be attributable to low performance of teachers. This situation is real and presents challenges such as:
i. What specific factors are responsible for low performance of teachers? ii. What should be done to improve their performance? In the light of the above, this paper aims at.
a. Examining the concept of performance.
b. Discussion on the factors that affect performance of the teachers. …show more content…

In-role performance is usually what we have in mind when we refer to a person 's productivity. For a Professor, in role performance consists of preparing for and teaching classes, advising students during office hours, conducting research and writing paper and various forms of administrative chores specified by the system. For a secondary school teacher, in-role performance includes writing lesson notes, actual teaching in the classroom, making of attendance register of students, keeping record of students, continuous assessment scores etc. Typically, some minimally acceptable level can be specified for in-role performance, and performance beyond the minimum often qualifies for increased …show more content…

Ability is the result of aptitude and learning. Aptitude refers to individual differences in the facility for learning and mastering a task. According to Organ et al (1991: 266), aptitude represents "a persons potential for performance, his latent ability that may lie fallow until the proper amount of training, experience and motivation transform it into actual performance". A person with greater aptitude for a task will learn the task more easily, make faster progress, and exhibit a higher level of stable performance. Fleishman (1954: 56), listed some kinds of aptitude as abstract reasoning, facility with numbers deductive logic and verbal comprehension and fluency - these are related to intelligence. While eye-hand co-ordinator, reaction time, manual dexterity etc are physical and motor skills. The nature of the activity to be performed determines the type of aptitude required for its effective performance.

It is necessary to provide a person with learning opportunities for him/her to develop the aptitude for relevant activities in real work setting. These opportunities could be in form of training and experience. Ukeje et al (1992: 272), summarized this by stating that "effective performance in the organization depends to a considerable extent on his ability". His ability to perform is influenced by his mental and physical aptitude and the development opportunities in form of training, experience and learning he

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