Assessment of Students Attitude and Perception of Teaching Practice: The Case of Undergraduates of Delta State University, Abraka

Abstract

This descriptive survey research employed ex-post facto design to examine teaching practice in Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria. Interview and questionnaire were used to generate data from 280 respondents. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the investigation. Data collected were analyzed via the use of mean, standard deviation and percent to answer the research questions and t-test to test the hypotheses, the level of significant was set at 0.05. Findings revealed that student teachers have positive attitude towards teaching practice. This was reflected in their interest in the programme, regular attendance at school and writing of daily lesson notes. Additionally, the student teachers expressed that they had good relationship with their mentors. Findings on supervision provided by lecturers showed that rural school teachers were dissatisfied with their supervision, as some of them were not supervised. The study concluded by recommending among others that Delta State University should ensure that they post student teachers to schools with good access roads for ease of supervision by Lecturers.

Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards the Practicum in Teachers’ Training Institutes of Sukkur and Khairpur Districts

“…program; e.g Mahato, Ankur and Santosh (2018), explored similar that there is no difference between 2 nd and 4 th semester attitude towards practice teaching. Ifeoma (2016) investigated similar that there is no difference between 300 and 400 level attitude towards practice teaching.…”