TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM AS A PREDICTOR OF THE
CHILD'S ATTITUDE TO LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE
The effect of professionalism on children's attitude to learning in early
childhood education is a topic that has been studied more internationally
than nationally. Thus, with the ever-growing interest in early childhood
education globally, this study was undertaken to address this gap by
applying statistical theory and questionnaire analysis to investigate the
relationship between teacher professionalism, continuous professional
development and play based -activities on children's learning attitudes in
the early childhood education classroom setting.
A questionnaire was sent to 150 early childhood educators in Ibadan
schools to obtain data, however, only 146 respondents completed the
questionnaire. A regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses and
findings show the following: that there is a significant relationship
between teacher professionalism and a child's attitude to learning; there is
a significant relationship between playful activities and a child's attitude
to learning; there is a significant relationship between a child's interaction
with fellow classmates and a child's attitude to learning; there is a
significant relationship between a child's interaction with adults and a
child's attitude to learning and there is a significant relationship between
classroom discussions, textbooks and other learning materials and a
child's attitude to learning. Findings of this research indicate that the male
children performed better than their female counterparts in early
childhood education learning.
The findings of this study provide useful suggestions to the Federal
Ministry of Education, Women Affairs and private owners of early
education centres and nursery schools and offer recommendations for
future research nationally
Word Count: 247
Keywords: Teacher, Professionalism, Attitude, Learning, Childhood, Education.
Toyin Oyedeji and Mary Adetumilara Olubode
TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM AS A PREDICTOR OF THE CHILD'S ATTITUDE TO LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE
The effect of professionalism on children's attitude to learning in early childhood education is a topic that has been studied more internationally than nationally. Thus, with the ever-growing interest in early childhood education globally, this study was undertaken to address this gap by applying statistical theory and questionnaire analysis to investigate the relationship between teacher professionalism, continuous professional development and play based -activities on children's learning attitudes in the early childhood education classroom setting. A questionnaire was sent to 150 early childhood educators in Ibadan schools to obtain data, however, only 146 respondents completed the questionnaire. A regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses and findings show the following: that there is a significant relationship between teacher professionalism and a child's attitude to learning; there is a significant relationship between playful activities and a child's attitude to learning; there is a significant relationship between a child's interaction with fellow classmates and a child's attitude to learning; there is a significant relationship between a child's interaction with adults and a child's attitude to learning and there is a significant relationship between classroom discussions, textbooks and other learning materials and a child's attitude to learning. Findings of this research indicate that the male children performed better than their female counterparts in early childhood education learning. The findings of this study provide useful suggestions to the Federal Ministry of Education, Women Affairs and private owners of early education centres and nursery schools and offer recommendations for future research nationally Word Count: 247 Keywords: Teacher, Professionalism, Attitude, Learning, Childhood, Education.