Staff Interaction Amd School Innovativeness In Western Nigeri; Secondary Schools

ABSTRACT The rain purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which the interpersonal relationships among teachers in our secondary schools help or hinder the introduction of educational innovative practices in the direction of encouraging vocational and practical subjects in Nigeria' s secondary school curriculum. o the per 557 teachers (these include 30 principals and over 1+0 heads of departments) were involved in the survey. All the subjects have taught for, at least, six months prior to the period of the survey in the schools that participated. The findings of the study show that for the total sample of schools used in this study there is no significant relationship between staff interaction and school innovativenes3 , talking generally. There are however specific identifiable pattern of schools with low staff interaction and low degree of inntivativeness (2 ) schools with high staff interaction ’apÖi high degree of innovativeness. 2. There s S y significant difference in the degree of Staff interaction among all-boy3, all-girls and co-educational schools. 3. There is no significant relationship between the Personality variables of principals (age and teaching experience) and the degree of staff interaction.