DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING MODEL OF TEACHER QUALITY USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM) TECHNIQUE

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to establish Teacher Quality model (TQM). The study also aimed to identify the relationships between teacher quality (TQ) and students’ academic performance (SAP). Furthermore, the study also seeks to verify the relationships among TQ dimensions. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the model. A total of 450 teachers from secondary schools in Kwara state, Nigeria completed the survey. The analysis yielded four dimensions for Teacher Quality, namely Teacher Knowledge; Communication Skills; Teacher Commitment and Classroom Management for the improvement of the students’ academic performance. The findings show that TQ model will be of benefits to teachers in schools on how these skills can be used to improve students’ academic performance. The result of the study also reveals that TQ dimensions were significant at increasing SAP. As the findings confirmed that the Teacher Quality (TQ) matters in determining students’ academic performance (SAP) it is a sine qua non (condition) for school teachers to abreast themselves with the requisite qualities the teaching requires to improve students’ academic performance which in turn increase the quality of education. The fits for the model were significant at >0.9. Also, TQ has a role to play in the school system for the realization of educational objectives. The findings encourage the school principal to establish development programme that will impacted positively on teachers’ development for the benefits of the students so that their academic performance would be achievable.