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Metropolitan Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research
MJAPR
Pedagogical Readiness and Pre-service Teachers Teaching Practice Experience in Ogun State, Nigeria
SOLUADE, Z. Olayiwola PhD
| Journal | Metropolitan Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research (MJAPR) |
| Volume / Issue | Vol. 2, No. 10 |
| Published | 31 October 2023 |
| ISSN | 3006-6425 |
Abstract
The need to equip teachers in training with practical skills that will make them to qualify as professional teachers makes teaching practice an important part of teacher education programme in Nigeria. This study examined the pedagogical readiness of teachers in training on their teaching practice experience. The study set out to assess the pedagogical readiness of pre-service teachers in terms of knowledge acquisition, lesson notes writing skills, method of teaching skills and handling of instructional materials before their teaching practice. One research question was raised for the study. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised students from the faculties of education of two public owned tertiary institutions in Ogun state. Seventy-six (76) students were selected to form the sample for the study using stratified sampling technique. The main instrument Received: 04.10.2023 Accepted: 09.10.2023 Published on: 30.10.2023 Corresponding: Author: Soluadezo@tasued.edu.ng 4M85ETROPOLITAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ISSN: 1813-4270 Vol. 2 Issue 7, October - 2023, Pages: 484-491 used to obtain information for the study was a twenty-one items (21) questionnaire titled “Pedagogical Readiness and Pre-service Teachers Teaching Practice Experience Questionnaire” (PRPTTPEQ) (r = 0.81). Data Collected were coded and analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings showed that pre-service teachers possessed average skills of writing lesson notes before embarking on teaching practice; pre-service teachers were not taught with different teaching strategies by their lecturers before their teaching practice experience; pre-service teachers have been exposed to proper handling of teaching aids and they possessed average knowledge of what they are to teach before their teaching practice experience. Based on the findings, it was recommended that pre-service teachers should be exposed to skills of writing lesson notes; lecturers should use different teaching strategies to teach the students and all teachers in training must undergo micro-teaching before their teaching practice experience.
Keywords
Pedagogy; Pedagogical readiness; Teaching Practice; Teaching Practice experience
Cite This Article
SOLUADE & Z. Olayiwola PhD (2023). Pedagogical Readiness and Pre-service Teachers Teaching Practice Experience in Ogun State, Nigeria. Metropolitan Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research, 2(10). https://journals.miu.ac.ug/pages/article.php?article_id=1092
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