ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS OF STUDENT TEACHERS, DURING TEACHING PRACTICE EXERCISE

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

Teaching as a profession like any other profession has prescribed services it renders to any human society. It is therefore; absolutely necessary for many individuals who went to become a teacher to acquire skills and demands. Students teaching practice is one of such relevant factors in teacher’s education programme. Teaching practice is an “integral part” of teacher education which occupies a phase of its own, during the phase, there will be teacher sent out by his training institution (of lower level). For the purpose of putting into practice the skills he has learnt under the supervision of an experienced teacher. Every student teacher should be made to realize that only teacher who has passed both theory paper and compulsory practical training examination are considered trained and certified. No student teacher is considered fit the award of a pass grade in teaching unless he or she successfully fulfills the prescribed practice regarded as a core course of teacher education programmes, which affords student teachers the opportunity to face the realities of their professional career.

The exercise enables the student teacher to adjust and overcome some of the practical problems of teaching often encountered in the classroom. The student teacher who is able to examine a problem from a variety of perspective has the advantage of being in a position to use different approaches. Furthermore, he is also likely to perceive him self as a factor in the problem under consideration. The importance of teaching practice in teacher education programmed cannot be over emphasized. It is the crucial period the teacher put into practical, the student teacher encountered a lot of difficulties (problems) which they have to grapple with for effective teaching learning to place.

In Ambrose Alli University, teaching practice is important to the student’s teacher’s understanding the appreciation of the principles of child growth and action to the teaching learning process. Presently, there has been a lot of concern about teaching practice in Ambrose Alli University, it’s especially on it effectiveness and purpose. The concern have been variously expressed by educationist in the Faculty of Education in Ambrose Alli University, student themselves and the general public thought of book written by some of the journal and mass media. Accepting the assumption that not every body can teach effectively and teachers are made, not born. It therefore follows that in Ambrose Alli University, teachers can be aided to acquire practice knowledge, skill and attitude to good teaching.

Statement of the Problem

Teaching has it own problem which professional teachers try to overcome by teaching practice. Because the student is still practicing teaching he/she is confronted by peculiar problems. Among the problems faced by the student teacher are: 1. Planning the lesson. 2. Poor class management and control. 3. Lack of facilities in practicing school. 4. Poor method of teaching. 5. Ineffective usage of teaching aids. 6. Inability to differentiate between the needs of the individual child and 7. Supervision.