Do you teach the way you were taught? Graduate teachers perception of their undergraduate teacher preparation at the university
This research study eva luated the effectiveness of the Bachelor of Arts Education (BA.Ed.) in preparing secondary school teachers. Using the views of the Graduate teachers the study focused on two issues; Firstly, the theoretical coverage of four selected aspects of the pedagogi cal curriculum...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/36346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/36346/1/Sharifah_sariah.pdf |
| Summary: | This research study eva
luated the effectiveness of the Bachelor of Arts Education (BA.Ed.)
in preparing secondary school teachers. Using the views of the Graduate teachers the study
focused on two issues; Firstly, the theoretical coverage of four selected aspects of the
pedagogi
cal curriculum namely; classroom organization and management, lesson structure,
skills and techniques of teaching and teaching methods. Secondly, the perceived teaching
practices of graduate teachers in their secondary school classrooms. Two hundred and
se
venteen graduate teachers who completed the programme in 2007, 2008 and 2009 from
the Islamic university in Uganda participated in this study. The study used Process and
Product of the Stufflebeam‘s CIPP evaluation model through a mixed method research
des
ign of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The data was analysed using Pearson
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Product moment correlation, MANOVA tests, descriptive statistics and coding of themes.
The results show that most areas of classooroom organization and management received
more than adequate
coverage including; ability to address students‘ differences in the
classroom, ability to handle studnts‘ discipline and ability to engage students. However,
results show that the following areas reeived
less than adequate
coverage; desi
gning
computer
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based learning materials in a lesson, Ability to use computer
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based teaching
skills and Projet method. The study discovered that there is a strong relationship between
theory of coverage and graduate teachers‘ practices in all the selected a
spects of the
pedagogical curriculum. The qualitative research findings show that 56% of graduate
teachers do not use lesson planning in their classrooms because they regard it is
time
wasting
. It was discovered that gender does not have statistically sign
ificant effect on
practicing aspects of the pedagogical curriculum. The descriptive statistics show that;
History teachers conduct their classes in a better organized and managed classroom than
IRE teachers. The graduate teachers of 2008 practice these asp
ects more than graduate
teachers of 2007 and 2009. The level of practice of graduate teachers of 2007 in all aspects
is less than those who graduated in 2008 and 2009. The study recommends among others;
regular programme evaluation, organizing regular refr
esher programmes for BA.Ed
graduate teachers and evaluation of teacher candidates‘ teaching knowledge and skills
before graduation. |
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