Undergraduate Biology Education Students' Perception of Teaching as A Profession
Keywords:
Biology Education, Students, Perception, Teaching, ProfessionAbstract
The study investigated Biology education students’ perception of teaching as a profession. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study was 680 Biology Education Students. The sample comprised 200 students from levels 100 to 400. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used in constituting the sample. The instrument used for data collection was the Biology Education Students Perception of Teaching as a Profession Questionnaire (BESPTAPQ). The reliability of the instrument was established by applying Cronbach alpha statistics to data in a correlation coefficient (s) 0.76 Percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that there is no significant difference between the percentage of students with positive and negative perceptions of teaching as a profession. The result also indicated no significant gender difference in students perception, and parental level of education and SES has no significant influence on the students perception of teaching as a profession, Consequent to the findings it was recommended among others that the cut off point for entry into the teaching career should be made as high as others like medicine engineering among others that are regarded as prestigious professions.
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