PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION TEACHERS AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF CAMEROON
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This study investigated the influence of professional development of citizenship education teachers on the moral development of students in secondary grammar schools of the South West Region of Cameroon. The sample of the study was made up of 143 citizenship education teachers. Three sampling techniques were used in this study namely; the stratified, purposive and the simple random sampling techniques. The research design used was the sequential explanatory design. The research instruments used were teachers’ questionnaire as well as interview guide for Heads of Department for Citizenship Education. The data collected were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (S.P.S.S). The major finding of the study was that though there is a relationship between professional development of teachers in Citizenship Education and Moral development of student in Secondary Schools, the relationship was not significant. On the basis of this finding it was recommended that a department for Citizenship Education be introduced in teacher training schools and that there should be an increase in the number of Regional and divisional seminars/workshops for Citizenship Education teachers.
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