Factors that influence academic performance of - trainees in the Harar teacher training institute.
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1991-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
Abstract
In an attempt made to stu~ the effect of trainee academio
background and other related factors in the seoondary
school upon performance ~, ..theT.T.I. and the curr'icular
\ implications thereof, corr tion and regression methods,
questionnaires, and interviews were used. The study was
conducted in o~der to investigate if there were any .
pro blainsof 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 teaohers, 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
have been so as to contribute to a rise of performance to
a level that could bringabout a desirable level of competence.
Based on these outcomes, it is recommended that
the training programme should devise appropriate mechanisms
that could be helpful to raise performance levels such as
remedial classes. It is also recommended that the process
of curriculum construction should strictly adhere to the
steps that must be followed in producing the curriculum
for better effectiveness with the programme it guides.
At last, it is suggested that relative specialization of
trainees in some broader areas of specialization (e.g.
Social Science, Natural Science) could be taken as a
solution to problems emanating from the effect of differential
academic exposure. Of course, this is when consideration
is given to trainee needs. It could be impelemented
by making use of such attributes of trainees as the already
recorded ability, results of pretests, and identified
interests as a basis for streaming into different areas
or relative specialization.
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