International Research Journal of Education and Technology

This study investigated the relationship between motivation and self-esteemon teaching effectiveness among secondary school teachers in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research approach and a stratified random sampling technique was used to select twelve schools from six local governments’ area in Ibadan metropolis, twenty five teachers were selected from each of the schools bringing the total number of teachers to three hundred (300). A researchers developed instrument on motivation, self-esteem and teachers teaching effectiveness questionnaire (MSETEQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts and the reliability ranged from .77 to .79. the data was analysed with Pearson product-moment correlation the two research questions and hypotheses answered and tested showed that there are significant relationships between motivation (r= .505, p< 0.05) and self-esteem (r= .605, p< 0.05), on teachers’ teaching effectiveness. Based on these findings, it was stressed and advocated that public and private schools should make adequate provision for the teachers’ needs and progress in the school and outside the school. This will help them develop immensely in their area of specialization and thereby improve their teaching effectiveness.

Keywords: Motivation, Self-esteem, Teaching and Effectiveness