A Study of the Training of Would-Be Teachers in The Practical Aspects of Pedagogical Courses Currently: ;: Offered At Gondar and Awassa Teachers' College
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1998-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This Shldy attempted to investigate the training of would-be teachers in the
practical application of pedagogical courses currently offered in the newly up-graded
colleges of Gondar and Awassa. So, to examine this performance, the instructors of
pedagogical courses of the two colleges taken as the subjects of the study, were
categorized interms of their level of qualifications and work experiences.
To verify the basic questions, eleven instructors of pedagogical courses of the
two colleges in total, were observed in their performances of classroom instructional
skills. Moreover, the principals and education department heads of the two colleges
were asked about the problem of training by conducting interviews.
A t-test and Variance analyses were employed in the analysis of the study. The
obtained results portrayed that instructors with higher qualifications and work
experiences manifested better performances in implementing planing, presenting,
managing, and evaluating of classroom instmctional skills than instructors with lower
qualifications and work experiences in the practical application of training activities.
Besides, the two colleges are found to have inadequate library facilities, training
materials equipment and other essential attributes that have a bearing on the training of
prospective teachers in the teacher education program.
Finally, conclusions( instructors with second degrees, and with high level of work
experiences were found to show better performances of implementing classroom
instructional skills than those instructors with first degrees and low level of work
experiences), and recommendations ( the necessity of assigning better qualified and
experienced instructors together with the essential training materials), were made.
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Training of Would-Be Teachers