Open AccessAn Examination of Teacher Education Management and Innovative Reforms Agenda for Curriculum Implementation in Secondary Schools in IMO State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Stanley U. Nnorom,
Stephen Abuchi Ezenwagu,
Jude Azubike Anyanwu,
Benignus C. Nwankwo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of education, society and behavioural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-981X
DOI - 10.9734/jesbs/2021/v34i830349
Subject(s) - curriculum , null hypothesis , descriptive statistics , government (linguistics) , medical education , data collection , principal (computer security) , test (biology) , duty , state (computer science) , mathematics education , political science , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , medicine , statistics , mathematics , social science , computer science , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , law , biology , operating system
The study examines managing teacher education and innovative reforms agenda for curriculum execution in secondary schools in Imo state, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population comprised of Five hundred and thirty (530) secondary school Principal in Imo state school system. The sample consisted of 200 duty principals randomly selected by stratified technique from each of the three education zones of the state, Okigwe, Orlu, and Owerri. Fifteen (15) items questionnaire was the instruments for data collection and the instrument was validated by experts in Imo state University, Owerri. The questionnaire which recorded a reliability coefficient of 0.89 was administered face to face to 200 respondents by the researchers who also retrieved same. The data collected were analyzed with mean and standard deviation and null hypothesis were tested using the z-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Based on the results, the researchers made crucial recommendations that government and stakeholders in education should emphasize on managing teacher education and innovative reform agenda to enhance development of the nation.