Teachers’ Experience and Teachers’ Competency Needs in the multidisciplinary approach to implementation of environmental education curriculum in Cross River State, Nigeria

The study was undertaken to determine teachers experience and their competence needs of teachers in the multidisciplinary approach to implementation of environmental education curriculum in Cross River State, Nigeria. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The sample consisted of 737 teachers proportionally sampled from 67 public secondary schools in the three education zones of Cross River State. The teacher competence needs questionnaire in the implementation of environmental education curriculum containing competency needs items was used for data collection. The data were analyzed using means, standard deviation and t-test. Teachers’ experience (F=5.292; p<.05) significantly influenced their competence needs. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others under the multidisciplinary approach experience teachers should be well trained and retrain to be able implement EE curriculum

Workplace resource related stressors and job performance of lecturers in public universities

Introduction: University lecturers in various climes do experience job stress at varying levels as a result of stressors such as inadequate workplace resources, which may influence the extent of their job performances. Thus, the need to assess the extent workplace resources related stress influences the job performance of lecturers.  Purpose: The study investigated workplace resources stress and job performance of lecturers in Federal University in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. Methodology: The study adopted cross-sectional research design. Data were gathered using workplace resources stress scale and job effectiveness questionnaires, which were administered on 584 lecturers sampled through stratified random sample technique.  The instrument was tested for significance using the Pearson correlation analysis.  The results of the test were all higher than 0.60 indicative of the existence of strong positive correlation between the variables.  The data were analysed using one way analysis of variance. Results: The findings revealed that workplace resources induced stress has no significant influence on publication and community service but has significance influence on teaching effectiveness. Recommendations: The study recommended among other measures that, NUC should put checks in place to ensure that internationally acceptable guidelines on resources are adhered to and adequate resources that enhance job performance should be provided by proprietors of universities