International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study examined Teachers Professional Qualities and Students Learning Outcomes in Physics in Ikom Educational Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. To enhance this research study, two research questions and hypotheses were formulated, answered and tested for the study. The ex-post facto research design was employed for the study and the population for the study was respondents for the study were 1,690 physics students drawn from 8 public secondary schools from Ikom Educational Zone. A sample of 169 respondents were sampled representing 10% of the population of students in the educational zone chosen.  The instrument used is the Teachers Professional Skills Questionnaire (TPSQ). Twenty items were drawn for the questionnaire with a four-point modified Likert scale. The purposive sampling was employed in the study. The instrument was validated by experts in measurement and evaluation and physics respectively and the reliability coefficient was employed and the reliability indexed ranged from 0.78 to 0.86 which showed that the instrument was reliable for data collection. Findings showed that teachers communication skills and teachers levels of tolerance significantly influence students learning outcomes in physics. It was recommended that teachers should make a habit to have two ways to communicate whenever they are teaching and teachers should be tolerated in the class for effective teaching.

Keywords:  Teachers Professional, Qualities, Learning Outcomes and Physics