Current Issue:
April,
2025
Vol.
13(3)
This paper investigated the relationship between teachers’ attitudes and adolescent engagement in Classroom activities in Bafut Sub division. The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design, with a sample of 652 randomly selected adolescent students from three mission secondary schools in Bafut Subdivision. Data was collected using a structured 4 Likert scale questionnaire, with a reliability coefficient of 0.79 using the Cronbach alpha reliability technique. The collected data was organized, coded, and analyzed through SPSS and EXCEL software. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed. Descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation, percentages, and frequency distribution tables, were utilized to answer research questions while the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to verify the hypothesis. The findings from first research objective which examined the possible relationship that exists between teachers’ enthusiasm and adolescents’ engagement in classroom found that there exists a moderate significant positive relationship (r = 0.557, p = 0.000) between teacher enthusiasm and students’ engagement in classroom activities, with an average mean score of 3.23 and a standard deviation of 0.687 on a scale of 4 and. Lastly the study also found from the second research objective which investigated the relationship between teachers’ emotional response and adolescents’ engagement in classroom activities that there exists a strong significant positive relationship (r = 0.622, p = 0.000) between teachers’ emotional response and students’ engagement in classroom activities, with an average mean score of 3.46 and a standard deviation of 0.654 on a scale of 4. Based on these findings, it was recommended among other things that educational institutions should prioritize professional development programs that focus on enhancing teachers' emotional competencies and enthusiasm, as these elements are vital for fostering engaging learning environment for adolescents in the classroom.