Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.

In recent times, there have been much hues and cries over the continuous poor standard of education in Nigeria. This has been blamed predominantly on the teachers, their teaching methods and techniques, attitude to work, competence and general behavior. This unpleasant development somewhat put to qu...

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Main Authors:	Rosita O. Igwe, Ngozi E. Uzoka, Saheed Ahmad Rufai
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling	ukm-58802016-12-14T06:39:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5880/ Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria. Rosita O. Igwe, Ngozi E. Uzoka, Saheed Ahmad Rufai, In recent times, there have been much hues and cries over the continuous poor standard of education in Nigeria. This has been blamed predominantly on the teachers, their teaching methods and techniques, attitude to work, competence and general behavior. This unpleasant development somewhat put to question the efficacy of teacher education content particularly micro-teaching which serves as the meeting point of both theory and practice in the pre-service training of teachers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the modes of improving the pre-service teacher competence and productivity based on the constructive reflection of student teaching, with a focus on micro-teaching which is adjudged as an avenue for acquiring pre-service pedagogical knowledge and field experiences. The study seeks to highlight the efficacy of micro-teaching in facilitating effective teacher preparation. It employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. In its quantitative dimension, the study features a descriptive survey design with research questionnaire administered on 500 respondents randomly sampled across five institutions. In its qualitative dimension, the study employs inductive and deductive research methods and analysis where data were collected and analysed based on existing framework and emerging themes on reflective effect of micro-teaching and field experiences, as decided in advance by the researchers. The study revealed that micro-teaching content, resources and material need to be reviewed for optimum result. Multi channel-viewing and other forms of Information Communication Technology (lCT) gadgets need to be introduced as a matter of urgency. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5880/1/5%2520AJTLHE%2520107_0.pdf Rosita O. Igwe, and Ngozi E. Uzoka, and Saheed Ahmad Rufai, (2013) Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5 (1). pp. 57-68. ISSN 1985-5826 http://www.ukm.my/jtlhe/Current.aspx
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description	In recent times, there have been much hues and cries over the continuous poor standard of education in Nigeria. This has been blamed predominantly on the teachers, their teaching methods and techniques, attitude to work, competence and general behavior. This unpleasant development somewhat put to question the efficacy of teacher education content particularly micro-teaching which serves as the meeting point of both theory and practice in the pre-service training of teachers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the modes of improving the pre-service teacher competence and productivity based on the constructive reflection of student teaching, with a focus on micro-teaching which is adjudged as an avenue for acquiring pre-service pedagogical knowledge and field experiences. The study seeks to highlight the efficacy of micro-teaching in facilitating effective teacher preparation. It employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. In its quantitative dimension, the study features a descriptive survey design with research questionnaire administered on 500 respondents randomly sampled across five institutions. In its qualitative dimension, the study employs inductive and deductive research methods and analysis where data were collected and analysed based on existing framework and emerging themes on reflective effect of micro-teaching and field experiences, as decided in advance by the researchers. The study revealed that micro-teaching content, resources and material need to be reviewed for optimum result. Multi channel-viewing and other forms of Information Communication Technology (lCT) gadgets need to be introduced as a matter of urgency.
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author	Rosita O. Igwe, Ngozi E. Uzoka, Saheed Ahmad Rufai,
spellingShingle	Rosita O. Igwe, Ngozi E. Uzoka, Saheed Ahmad Rufai, Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.
author_facet	Rosita O. Igwe, Ngozi E. Uzoka, Saheed Ahmad Rufai,
author_sort	Rosita O. Igwe,
title	Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.
title_short	Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.
title_full	Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.
title_fullStr	Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.
title_full_unstemmed	Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.
title_sort	reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in nigeria.
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Reflective effects of micro-teaching and field experiences on pre-service teachers in Nigeria.

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