CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Teaching practice exercise is a central issue on the training of
would be professional teachers. Any ideal profession requires some
characteristics trait and qualities that must be satisfied for it is to be
regarded. Teaching is widely recognized as one of the major professions would
over. Thus, there is much need for it to meet up with the basic requirements of
a profession. Apart from the provision of social services, possession of
professional ethnics and practice autonomy, the training of intending
professional both in theoretical and practical skills and crucial.
Teaching is intended to expose
students to the needed pratical aspect of their chosen career (Jegede 2009).
The prospective professional teachers are there by acquainted with the basic
tools to cope with the challenges of their career.
Teaching is an age long profession
and as such the commonest of all. Teaching is a process of impacting knowledge
into the students by someone regarded to be more knowledge i.e the teacher.
Many notions are conceived by people
of teaching or what it involves to teach, the commonest is that of a teacher
standing in front of some learners in the classroom holding writing materials
(chalkboard or board marker) and presenting some learning task to them (cohel
at al 2015).
However, Barth 2005, viewed teaching
in three ways.
1. Teaching could be what is taught, as a doctrine or body of
knowledge, such as the teachings of the church which could otherwise be
referred to a body of ideas or system of belief.
2.
Teaching could as well refer
to process of making things known to others or sharing with them in an
organized school.
3.
Teaching could also mean an
occupation or a profession, which one engage in for a living.
From
these perspectives of Buth 2005, it can be inferred that teaching is a
profession that provides a special service for a set of people.
The
major focus of any teaching encounter is the impartation of knowledge and
skills capable of developing the learners to become a functional member of
his/her society.
This
aligns with the view of Oyekan(2006) that teaching is an all purpose profession
engage in human resources development for individual and economic growth. It
thus becomes imperative that prospective teachers be exposed to programme that
would inculcate in them desirable teaching traits and competence.
Ogbaz in Jegede, (2009) noted that
one of the problems of industrial development in Nigeria is that of
inadequately of sufficiently trained human resources.
These much neede resources were
enumerated by Jegede (2009) to include qualified teachers and workshop
attendants and felt that there should be joint involvement between the
institutins and the industrial world to
produce skilled graduates that would adequately serve the society.
Barth (2009) as well organized that
students are expected to be exposed some relevant activities during their
training that will provide them with the desired practice skills. Teaching
practice exercise is an effective means of helping pre-service teachers learn
about reflect upon effective training practice, it provides a link between
theory and practice.
This agrees with the opinion of
Ethien (2009) that work experience developconfidence and personally as well as
increases awareness of one’s responsibility as a youth in the community by
getting assists the students to have insight into the stress and tension that
may be experienced in the transition from school to school.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Education is widely known as a key
to national development. For increased development, teachers who are the
facilitators of learning should have high professional trainings. One of these
is the exposure of teachers in training to teaching practice.
However, it is observed that this
period of practice is riddled with so many problems for these students on
teaching practice, thereby making improved knowledge sometimes a mirage
This
study therefore seeks to find out the problems facing students on teaching
practice and means of alleviating them.
1.3 RESEARCHING
QUESTIONS.
The under listed questions are
formulated for the purpose of this research.
1.
Do trainee teachers have poor
classroom interactions with their students?
2.
Do trainee teachers produce
and make use of adequate instructional materials?
3.
How positive is the trainee teacher’s
attitude to teaching practice?
4.
Do trainee teachers have
self-confidence with their pupils?
1.4 SIGNIGICANCE OF THE
STUDY
It is expected that the findings of
this project will be of an immense value of both students and lecturers most
especially student teachers in a higher institutions of learning
This study is significant in the
sense that, it will reveal the problems facing student teachers during teaching
practice exercise and how they can be solved.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The project deals with problems
facing by student teachers during teaching practice exercise and how they can
be addressed for positive development. A case study of Federal College of
Education Osiele, Abeokuta.
1.6 POPULATION
The population of this study
comprises of some selected students of Federal College of Education Osiele,
Abeokuta. Ogun state. The target population is to be derived from the five
schools in Federal College of Education such as:
1.
School of Arts and Social
sciences
2.
School of Education
3.
School of Languages
4.
School of science
5.
School of Vocational
1.7 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING
TECHNIQUES
Random Sampling Techniques will be
embarked upon in selecting respondents for the purpose of this study exercise
and how they can be addressed for positive development. A case study of Federal
College of EducationOsiele, Abeokuta.
1.8 DEFINTION OF TERMS
a)
Education integration: This
is the process of providing education for two or more combination of people who
have previously been separated.
b)
Micro teaching: This is a
process in which a student teachers practices teaching with a reduce number of
pupils in a reduce period of time using specific teaching skills
c)
Teacher: This is a person who
guides and led the learners through a problem
d)
Student: This is a person
studying in an institution
e)
Teaching: This is a complex
multifaceted activity of ten requiring us as instructors to juggle multiple
task and goals simultaneously and flexibly.
f)
Teaching practice: This is a
process whereby student teachers are given opportunity to determine whether the
appropriate choice has been made.
g)
Student Teacher: This is a
college student pursing a Nigeria certificate in Education who teachers in a
classroom under the supervision of experienced certified teachers.
h)
Training: Training is
teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge that
relate to specific competences.
i)
Career: Career is an
individual’s journey through learning work and other aspects of life
j)
Profession: Profession is a
vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is
to supply disinterested objectives counsel and services to others, for a direct
and definite compensation wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.