An Evaluation of the Professional Program of the Pre-service Primary Teacher Education in Ethiopia - Based on the Objectives of the Training Program
No Thumbnail Available
Date
1993-06
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababa University
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
objectives and specific outcomes of the program. And a
survey was conducted by taking random samples of 410
graduating students and 80 instructors from the TTls at
Dessie, Gonder, Awassa, and Nazareth . With a response rate
of 75 percent, the data collected were analyzed 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 which proposes
"ideological training" was considered as least important.
The professional preparation was rated as "more than
adequate" ~ by both groups of respondents, in the skills of
"planning", "presentation" and ''evaluation'', of classroom
lessons; and the preparation was rated as " inadequate" in
dealing with "classroom management" skills; no significant
difference was observed between the two groups, expect. in
the area of "evaluation" skills.
-Some background characteristics of the respondents
showed a significant relationship with their rating of the professional training: students with more pre-training work
(teaching) " experience," and those with high "tendency" to
drop out of teaching are less optimistic in their rating;
and teachers with more "years of service" in the TTls rated
the training more positively; the "worth of the feedback"
students received in the practice teaching period was also
significantly and positively related with their rating .
Based on these results, some recommendations are made:
TTIs should formulate trainable objectives that are
sensitive to the professional needs of trainees; systematic
training in professional skills should be provided;
research on teaching and teacher education practices should
be encouraged in the TTIs; the teaching practice program
should have a definite objective; and closer cooperation
between the TTls and the Elementary schools should be
maintained.
Description
Keywords
Education