STRATEGIES FOR TEACHER MENTORING IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • I. E. Oke Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • S. O. Nwafor Prof., Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i4.3686

Keywords:

teacher mentoring, public universities, efficient and effective teachers, efficient and effective students

Abstract

The study investigated the strategies adopted for mentoring in public universities in Rivers state. one (1) research question and one (1) hypothesis guided the study. The design adopted for the study was the descriptive survey. The population of the study was two thousand two hundred and twenty-two (2,222) university lecturers in the three public universities in Rivers state, out of which a sample size of six hundred (600) lecturers were drawn using stratified random sampling technique. An 8-item instrument titled Strategies for Mentoring Questionnaire (SFMQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisors as well as three (2) experts in the same Department. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha with an index of 0.71. The research questions of the study were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the strategies adopted for Mentoring were not effective and efficient. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that university administrators should adopt effective strategies like collaboration and documentation. This according to the study can be achieved by adequate planning and funding of mentoring programme.

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Author Biographies

  • I. E. Oke, Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
    Oke, Ifeoma Ebunoluwa is a PhD candidate of Educational Administration in the Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state. She is also a school administrator and a Seasoned Pastor.
  • S. O. Nwafor, Prof., Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
    Nwafor, O. Samuel holds academic and professional certificates in B.B.A, Banking and finance, M.Ed. Educational Administration/ Finance (UNT, USA). PhD Higher Education, Administration and Finance (UNT, USA). He also holds a Post-Doctoral study in Business Administration, Research and Statistics (Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton/Dallas, Texas, USA. He has also authored many books.

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2021-04-16

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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2021)

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