Microteaching And Student Teachers’ Performance In Teaching Practice

Purpose of the Study 

The main purpose of the study is to find out the impacts of Microteaching on Student Teachers’ performance in Kwara State Secondary Schools. 

The study would specifically seek to: 

1. Examine the impact of micro teaching on student teachers’ performances in teaching practice. 

2. o examine student teachers’ perception of micro teaching during teaching practice.

3. To examine the student teachers’ experiences during micro teaching and its impact on student training. 

4. To identify challenges student teachers’ experience during micro teaching.

1.4 Research Questions 

1. What is the impact of microteaching in teaching practice?

2. What are the experiences of student teachers during microteaching and it impacts on students training?

3. How do student teachers perceive micro teaching during teaching practice?

4. What are the challenges student teachers experience using microteaching? 

Hypotheses

H01: There is no sig relationship between micro teaching and performance of student teachers in teaching practice.

H11: There is sig relationship between micro teaching and performance of student teachers in teaching practice Kwara state secondary schools.

H02: There is no sig relationship between the experiences of students in using micro teaching and student teachers performance in teaching practice in Kwara state secondary schools.

H12: There is sig relationship between the experiences of students in using micro teaching and student teachers performance in teaching practice in Kwara state secondary schools.

H03: There is no sig relationship between the perception of students in using micro teaching and student teachers performance in teaching practice in Kwara state secondary schools.

H13: There is sig relationship between the perception of students in using micro teaching and student teachers performance in teaching practice in Kwara state secondary schools

Scope of the Study 

The scope for the study is limited to the effects of microteaching skills on student teachers’ performance in Secondary schools in Kwara state. The study will focus on student teachers’ and their supervisors in Ilorin Metropolis. The city is made up of three local government; Ilorin east, Ilorin west, Ilorin south.   From this local government, the study will lay focus on Ilorin East local government because it has the highest number of schools and only public secondary schools would be assessed. Student teachers who are qualified for Teaching Practice will be drawn from college of education Ilorin with their supervisors to participate in this study.

Significance of the Study 

The study will be of great importance to all education stakeholders and education generally in Nigerian society. The segments of the society that will benefit directly from the study are: student teachers, teacher educators, curriculum experts, decision makers in education and other stakeholders. 

Student teachers who are the main target of the study and who are directly connected with the study will be afforded the opportunity to master all the skills inherent in teaching in a laboratory environment before actual classroom experience. It is also essential to investigate the impacts microteaching skills have on the performance of pre-service teachers so as to improve on the organization of microteaching in Nigerian Colleges of Education. Student teachers will be acquainted with the importance of microteaching and the roles of each skill in preparing professional, effective, reflective, visionary and vibrant teachers. 

In addition, the teacher educators (lecturers) will benefit from the findings of the study. This is because detecting the impact microteaching skills on student teachers’ performance will improve the conduct, organization and evaluation of microteaching in Nigerian Schools of Education. The educators can use the findings of the study as an indispensable tool for creating rating scales for student teachers during practicum.

Operational Definitions

The following terms were operationally defined as follows:

Colleges of Education: are the higher institutions in Nigeria that is meant only for training teachers such as College of education Oro, College of education lafiagi

Impacts: refer to effects which microteaching skills may have on the performances of student teachers in teaching practice.

Microteaching practicum: refers to laboratory experience which student teachers undergo.

Micro-Teaching: - refers to a training technique in which student teachers has to teach a single concept using specified teaching skill to a small number of pupils in a short duration of time.

Student teachers: are those undergoing professional teachers’ training in colleges of education and undergoing teaching practice in Kwara State secondary schools.

Teaching practice: is the exercise which student teachers are exposed to for their practical training in mostly public primary and secondary schools in the country.

Training technique: the skills that are acquired by student teachers during training.