Impact of Covid Pandemic on Teaching Effectiveness of History Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools, Ogun State

Abstract

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and the disruptions occasioned by it has farreaching implications on societies in general and most especially the educational sector. This study therefore investigates the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on teaching effectiveness of History teachers using Ado-Odo/Ota L.G.A of Ogun State, Nigeria as a case study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design, while simple random sampling was used to select a sample population of 40 participants (History teachers) with 2 History teachers selected from 20selected public and private senior secondary schools. The questionnaire was administered to the participants which was collected immediately after administering them. The data collected from the respondents was used to answer the research questions posed in the studyusing descriptive statistics tools. The study found that History teachers from private senior secondary schools responded to virtual teaching than those from public senior secondary schools and that there is significant relationship between learning- from home and teaching effectiveness of History teachers. The study concludes that online education helps to keep the students up and running with an opportunity for self-study as well as improved teaching effectiveness of History teachers.The study recommends that relevant government agencies should ensure that national curriculum is adapted for the future in response to the current crisis to enable more effective teaching on e-learning. The researcher recommended that teachers and learners need training on ICTs and e-learning facilities as to how they can be used to support learning. Keywords: History, Covid-19, pandemic, teaching effectiveness, students, Ogun State Information and Communication Technology (ICT), senior secondary school, 1.