Abstract
The study was aimed at determining the impact of stress from workload on professional effectiveness of secondary school teachers in Cross River State, Nigeria. The ex post facto design was used in a survey of 600 public secondary school teachers. Result of the data analyses indicated that stress from workload has no significant influence on seven dimensions (lesson presentation, use of instructional aids, evaluation of students, learning motivation, classroom management, supervision of co-curricular activities and personal/professional qualities) of professional effectiveness. Based on the data recommendations were made on how management of organization should tackle the issue of workload.Keywords: Stress, Workload, Professional effectiveness, Teachers, Cross River State
Highlights
Education according to Obanya(2013) is not concerned with “knowing Book” but more concerned with helping an individual grow, in the sense of all-round development and positive change
In the research on secondary school teachers’ workload in New Zealand, Australian Council For Educational Research Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)(2004) found out that mainly the managers were clearly the group most affected by workload, largely related to their responsibilities .Arnold and Feldman (1986) noted that prioritizing tasks of teachers using support staff for non professional duties, minimizing the number of meetings and using the meeting time for effectively time tabling blocking of time for teachers to meet, filtering the demands of outside agencies, capacity- building, providing teachers with knowledge and skill they needed to work as competent professionals, lighten workload and increases job satisfaction and work effectiveness
The result of the research finding shows that stress arising from workload does not significantly influence the professional effectiveness of teachers
Summary
Education according to Obanya(2013) is not concerned with “knowing Book” but more concerned with helping an individual grow, in the sense of all-round development and positive change. KEYWORDS; Stress, Workload, Professional effectiveness, Teachers, Cross River State
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