University Of Ilorin Final Year Students’ Experience In Practice Teaching Exercise
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2017
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National Research University Higher School of Economics
Abstract
Practice teaching is a vital aspect of the teacher preparatory program in teacher training
institutions. This study examined the University of Ilorin final year students’ experience in a
practice teaching exercise. It made use of descriptive survey research design. The population
for this study were all students of the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
The researchers’ self-developed questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.63 was used for
data collection while the data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and
standard deviation and inferential statistics of independent t-test. It was found that during the
course of practice teaching exercises, student-teachers acquired skills which enabled them to
use a variety of teaching methods, and instructional resources, improved their skills in tests
construction, scoring and recording, built their teaching confidence and presentation, among
others. However, student-teachers were faced with a number of challenges in the course of
lesson presentation during practice teaching. It was, therefore, recommended among others,
that student-teachers should not perceive their personality and logical presentation of
instructional objectives as challenges but rather should embrace and exploit it to improve and
widen their (cognitive) domains.
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education, teacher, teaching, practice teaching, experience, student-teacher
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Abdullahi, M.S., A.A. Hayatu & M. Salisu (2017). University of Ilorin Final Year Students’ Experience in Practice Teaching Exercise. Journal of Language and Education. 3(3), 99-106. Published by The National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. ISSN: 2411-7390, DOI:10.17323/2411-7390-2017-3-3- 99-106, November, 2017, Available online at http://www.jle.hse.ru