Teacher’s Personality and Classroom Management of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: The Issues and Perspectives

Abstract

The basis of any purposeful school programme depends on effective and efficient organization and intelligent planning. Consequently, so many researchers have written on the qualities of a teacher, therefore, the study evaluates the impact of teacher’s personality on classroom management in tertiary institutions. Data was sourced from questionnaire and analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The decision rule used for the study was a modified scale which states that any mean below 2.5 is low, not significant or negative while any means above 2.5 is high, significant or positive. The study reveals that the extent which teacher’s personality affects students’ motivation is low. There is also a positive relationship between teacher personality and learning. Teacher’s personality does not affect classroom discipline but does affect teacher-student relationship. Therefore the study recommended that Teacher’s personality should be one of the criteria in the employment of teachers by employers of such labour apart from educational qualification and Personality influences. The behaviour of the teacher should be checked in diverse ways, such as interaction with students, teaching methods, and learning experience chosen. The teacher should ensure that his personality speaks positively to the students in encouraging them to learn in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n5p73