Efficacy of motivational interviewing counselling technique on teaching skills of in-service teachers in Yobe State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the efficacy of motivational interviewing counselling technique on teaching skills of in-service teachers in Yobe state, Nigeria. The study was guided by two objectives which are to determine the significant effect of motivational interviewing counselling technique on teaching skills of teachers in Damaturu study center; find out the significant difference of motivational interviewing counselling technique on teaching skills of teachers according to gender. The study employed quasi-experimental research designed and used multi-stage sampling technique to sample one hundred and twenty (120) participants for the study. The instrument used for data collection was teaching competence rating scale (TCRS) with Cronbach alpha 0f .94. Data was collected in four different phases and was analyzed using t-test for independent sample. Result from the analyzed data reveals that a significant different exist between the MICT class and those exposed to current health issue class (t-cal=55.82; p<0.05); there was significant variance in motivational interviewing counselling technique according gender of the participants (t-cal=36.71; p<0.05). Recommended made include that Ministry of Education should strengthen their effort to organize seminars and workshop on the significance of motivational interviewing counselling technique as effective treatment towards improving teaching skills and professionalism of teachers and scholars and ministry of education should not only focus on the effect of motivational interviewing counselling technique on in-service teachers’ alone, but also on job satisfaction, work absenteeism.