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 teaching practice experiences of computer and
integrated science student-teachers, challenges and possible panacea 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.