Factors That Influence Academic Performance of Trainees in the Hahar Teacher Training
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1991-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In an attempt made to study the effect of trainee academic
background and other related factors in the secondary
school upon performance in the T.T.I. and the curricular
i mplications thereof, correlation and regression methods,
questionnaires, and interviews were used. The study was
conducted in order to investigate if there were any
problems of poor performance and, with this, to create
problem awareness and to seek solutions as well. Results
have suggested that there tends to exist a problem of low
level of performance in the T.T.I. They have also pointed
out that this performance is an outcome not of the level
of qualification of teachers, or the volume of books
available in the schools from which the trainees were
recruited, but of their previous level of academic achievement,
and more a function of the degree of differential
academic exposure. Outcomes have also indicated that the
curriculum development process has not employed the steps
in developing the curriculum as effectively as they should
ha ve been so as to cont ribute to a rise of performance to
a level that could bringabout a desirable level of compet
ence. Based on these outcomes, it is recommended that
the training programme should devise appropriate mechanisms
that c o'uld be he l pful to raise performance l evels such as
r emedial cla sses . It is also reco n~ended tha t the process
of curriculum construction should strictly adhere to the
steps that must be followed in producing the curriculum
for better effectiv eness with the programme it guides.
At la st , it i s suggested that relative spe cialization of
trainees in some broader areas of specialization (e.g .
Social Sci ence, Na tura l Science) could be taken as a
solution to problems emanating f rom the ef fe ct of differential
academic exposure. Of course, this i s when consideration
is g i ven to trainee n eeds . It could be impelemented
by making use of such attributes of trainees as the already
recorded ab ility , result s of pretests, and id ent i f i ed
int eres ts as a basis for s treaming into different are as
or r el a tive specia l ization .
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Academic Performance