Soft Skills and Mathematics Teacher’s Job Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Ikwerre Local Government Area

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the relationship between soft skills and mathematics teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The Correlational research design was used for the study. The population of the study consisted of all the 41 Mathematics teachers in the 14 public senior secondary schools in Ikwerre Local Government Area. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting 100 SS2 Economics students for the study. Data was collected using a researcher developed two instruments named, Soft skills Questionnaire (SSQ) and Mathematics Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire” (MTJPQ). The instruments were subjected to face validity by three experts; Each of the experts was from Educational management, Social studies and Measurement and Evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was determined by randomly selecting 9 mathematics teachers who were not part of the study sample to respond to the instrument. Data generated was subjected to Cronbach Alpha Reliability statistics to determine the consistency of the test instrument. The SSQ and MTJPQ had a reliability coefficient of 0.81 and 0.80 respectively. Data analysis was done using Pearson product moment correlation (ppmc) statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between teamwork, time management, communication and mathematics teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Recommendations were made among others that Mathematics teachers should always collaborate with his/her colleagues or students to gain new knowledge in his/her area of subject matter.