TEACHERS' JOB DISLIKE AREAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL MODIFICATIONS

Teaching is the act, practice and occupation of a teacher. A teacher is a person who provides education for learners at a school or other place of formal education. The use of teacher in this study is conceptualized to involve all cadres of instructors and teaching team from primary and junior secondary (basic education) to senior secondary school. The study examined the areas of job dislikes among teachers with their attendant implications for practice. Using a self - designed and pilot-tested questionnaire, data were collected from a random sample of 1,500 teachers drawn from Lagos, Ogun, and Osun states in the Southwestern geopolitical zone of the country. Specifically, 200 primary and 300 secondary school teachers were drawn from each state. The data were analyzed using simple percentage. It was found that teachers' job dislike areas though differ but was within seven areas thus: writing lesson notes (98.5%), marking subject attendance register (98%), disciplining of students in school (90%), and serving as members of committees (78.9%). Other dislike areas include taking students out of school for extramural activities (73.3%), partaking in co-curricular activities in the school (60.3%) and examination invigilation (59.1%) as areas of common dislike and capable of inhibiting the satisfaction levels of teachers. Furthermore, it was found that differences exist in job dislikes between male and female teachers. The common job dislikes among male were non-interest in marking of scripts and invigilation of examinations whereas the female showed dislikes for serving as committee members and as year tutors. Thus, it was recommended that: some modifications in the operational approaches of classroom teachers (such as deemphasizing lesson note writing and marking of subject attendance register) would be required. Teachers should also be financially encouraged via allowances for all other activities outside teaching.