Innovative Teaching Techniques and Teachers Effective Instructional Delivery in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State

Abstract

This study investigated innovative teaching techniques and teacher’s effective instructional delivery in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State. The area of the study was Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Two specific objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted correlational survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 2,107 public senior secondary school teachers in Port Harcourt metropolis. The sample size for this study was 399 determined using Taro Yamane formula. The researcher adopted the simple random sampling technique for the study. Two questionnaires that were self-structured by the researcher was used for data collection, the instrument was titled: “Innovative Teaching Questionnaire” and “Teacher’s Effective Instructional Delivery Questionnaire”. The instruments were validated by three experts, one in Measurement and Evaluation and others from Business Education Department. The instruments were structured on a 4-point scale of Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and Strongly Disagree. In order to establish the reliability of the instrument, test re-test method was adopted, scores obtained were correlated using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.76 and 0.82 which revealed that the instruments are suitable for the study. Data collected was analyze using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to answer research questions and hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance using SPSS version 28. Findings of the study revealed that cloud computing and jigsaw teaching techniques and teacher’s effective instructional delivery in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt metropolis have a positive correlation. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government and school management should organize regular training, workshops, and seminars to equip teachers with the skills needed to effectively implement innovative teaching techniques such as cloud computing. The study also recommended that the ministry of Education should ensure that public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt metropolis are adequately provided with ICT facilities, stable internet connectivity, and relevant digital resources to support cloud computing and technology-enhanced teaching.