Attitude of Teachers Towards Teaching of Literature in English at Junior Secondary School Level of Jos North L.G.A Plateau State

Abstract

The study investigated the attitude of teachers towards the teaching of literature in English at the junior secondary school level. A sample of 50 junior secondary schools drawn from Jos North, Plateau State was used. The data were collected by the researcher using developed and validated instrument (interview and observation). The result shows that there are qualified teachers handling the subject. However, despite the capability and the interest of the teachers, their attitudes are negative toward the subject. Some of the factors that contributed to the negative attitude of the teachers towards the subject include inadequate periods for the subject, lack of enough motivation for the literature teachers, poor library facilities and infrastructure,limited commitment of teachers, lack of appropriate teaching aids and inability t get the literature syllabus on time, methods employed by the literature teachers as well as environmental factor. On the bases of these findings recommendations were made as to what teachers, parents, government, management and students could do to reduce the negative attitude of teachers towards teaching of literature-in-English to its bearest minimum.