An Evaluation of The Professional Progra" of The Pre-Service Primary Teacher Education in Ethiopia - Based on The Objectives of The Training Progra".
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1993-06
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the
adequacy of the professional training of the pre-service
primary teacher education program vis-a-vis the overall
obj ectives and specific outcomes of the program. And a
s rvey was conducted by taking r andom sampl es of 410
graduating students and 80 instructors from t h e TTls at
Dessie, Gonder, Awassa, and Nazareth . With a response rate
of 75 percent, the data collected were analyse~ by
utilizing appropriate statistical methods from which the
following results were obtained;
Statements of the overall objectives that focus on
the development of prospective teachers' competencies and
their ability to promote "community development" were
regarded as highly relevant and important to the
professional training; and t hat objective whi ch proposes
"ideological training" was considered as least. import.ant.
_ The professional preparation was rated as "more than
adeqLtate" ~ by b t•_, groups of respondents, in the skills of
"planning", "pre-sentation" and •!e• ... a~uation•, of classroom
lessons; and the prepar at 1. on was rated as " inadequate" in
dea:ing with "classroom management" skills; no significant
difference was observed between the two groups, expect. in
the area of "evaILlation" skills .
- Some background characteristlcs of the respondents
sho~ed a significan~ re:ationshi~ with the1.r rati ng of the
erFcfess:.ional traini;fg: stwGer,ts with more pre-traini ng work
(t=:.::-h:;f~) " e ;::, e~le~,ce," and those r,it:-f higT-. "tendency " to
o-c~ o~t =~ ~eac~lng a~e :es~ op~i-_~ti= i~ ~~eir r ating;
ard tea::hers loollth more lIyears 0+ s2r".ce" in the TTls r ated
the train"ng morE pos:itivEly; the "wort~ of the feedback"
stkdents reciEVed in the p~actice teaching period was also
significantly aG~ ~asitively relatej with their rati ng .
Based on these results, some recommendations are made:
TT:is should formulate trainable objectives that are
sensitive to the professional needs of trainees; systematic
trai~ing in professional skills should be provided;
research on teaching and teacher education practices should
be encoura-ged in the TTIs; the teaching practice pYO,rCu'f\
should have a defin"te objective~ ~nd clos2r cooperation
between the TTls and the Elementary schools should be
maintained .
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Education