Social Studies Teachers Self-Efficacy and Curriculum Implementation in Upper Basic School in Cross River State, Nigeria

Authors

Opoh , Fredrick Awhen PhD Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Unimke, Sylvester Akongi PhD Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Onnoghen, Usang Nkanu PhD Department of Environmental Education, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

Self-Efficacy, Curriculum, Implementation, Social Studies, Upper Basic

This study was designed to investigate teachers' self-efficacy and the implementation of Social

Studies curriculum in Upper Basic School in Cross River State, Nigeria. A null hypothesis was

formulated to guide the study. The ex-post facto design was adopted for this study. The population

of this study consists of all the 321 Social Studies teachers in public secondary schools in

Cross River State, Nigeria. This population covers 253 public (government approved)

secondary schools in the area of study. A modified Likert Scale rating structured questionnaire was

the instrument used for data collection for this study. The questionnaire was titled

"Measure of Teacher Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (MTSEQ). Data generated were subjected to

statistical analysis using ANOVA. The finding of the study revealed that teachers' self-efficacy

does significantly influence the implementation of social studies curriculum in the research area.

Based on this result, the research concluded that teacher self-efficacy influences the

implementation of Social Studies curriculum in Upper Basic school. Based on the results of

the findings and conclusions reached, the following recommendations were made: Since the

result of the study revealed that teacher self-efficacy significantly influences the implementation

of Social Studies curriculum, it was recommended that opportunity and enabling condition should be

provided for teachers' continuous study and update in their area of specialization. This will build

confidence and make them belief their capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action

required to produce a given result, in the sense of this, the implementation of the curriculum.