Attitudes of Undergraduate towards Teachers and the Teaching Profession: A Case Study of a Few Selected Departments of Management Faculty, Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto State

Abstract

In this study, Attitudes of undergraduates towards teachers and the teaching profession was examined to properly ascertain how the attitudes of undergraduate towards their teacher affect their chances of choosing teaching as their future profession. Two sources of the data were used for this research work; they are primary and secondary sources of data. A total population of (6280) students and lecturers combined were deemed suitable to take part in this research study after the approval of my letter to the dean faculty of management sciences, Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto state for permission to carry out this research work was granted. Yaro Yamani sampling technique was used to determine the sample size for this research in which it scientifically selected three hundred and seventy six (376) respondents for the study. Questionnaires were given to the respondents of which some were completely answered and returned. The descriptive statistical method was applied to analyze the data that were produced for this study. This was further helped by tables showing questions from the questionnaire, the response of Yes and response of No, and their percentages. The general regression analysis was used to test the relationship between the variables while goodness-of-fit statistical analysis was used to test the significance of the variables. This research study reveals that undergraduate’s attitude towards their teachers to a large extent influence their choice of profession. This means that students are dependent on their lecturers/teachers, guardians, parents and government to guide them towards choosing a better career choice and at the same time see teaching profession for which they really are and not the widely negative assertions they grew up with.