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Evaluating Teaching And Learning Of Guidance And Counseling In Colleges Of Education
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The implication of the above roles stated that, the products of teacher
education programme are expected to personify the educated Nigerian, to
be a
nationalist and a patriot irrespective of the circumstances of the environment and personal deprivations.
Among
the various courses in the colleges of Education is guidance and
counselling. The philosophy of guidance and counselling programme in
Colleges of Education as stipulated by the National Commission for
colleges of Education (NCCE, 1996) is inspired by the desire to help
students become potentially and intellectually informed in guidance and
counselling skills for logical reasoning, ideas, understand their
capability, and to make useful decisions in education.
The objectives
of guidance and counselling programme among other things are as
follows; according to National Commission for Colleges of Education
(NCCE):
· To find out and make individual aware of their
basic personal pre¬requisites, abilities, assests, liabilities and
potentialities.
· To provide usable information correctly or clarify misinformation
· Assess an individuals chances to succeed in the labour market.
· To create awareness of client in the available jobs and how to progress in them.
· To make available opportunities for further training and advancement in occupation.
· To suggest alternative careers and realization of priorities.
xAssists
individual to use appropriate tools and techniques necessary for
self-direction, personal understanding, self-confidence and mental
maturation for healthy growth adjustments
x To mobilize all the
available resources of the school or home for satisfaction of
vocational, academic and social-personal needs of the student.
In
order to achieve these laudable objectives as well as to enhance the
effectiveness and efficiency of the Colleges of Education, there is need
to constantly evaluate the guidance and counselling programme of our
schools for rapid changes in educational, vocational and socio-personal
development. Some evaluation studies have been carried out in the
Colleges of Education in Nigeria are as followed Dienye (2005) defines
evaluation as a process of finding out how far the learning experiences
in relation to the content that have been developed and organized,
actually produce the desired results. The process of evaluation will
also involve the identification of strengths and weaknesses of the
curriculum plan.
Evaluation involves a systematic process, it is
controlled observation of pupils change in behaviour. Agbaegbu, Ezendu
and Agwagah (2000) defines evaluation as a process of ascertaining the
functionality of education programme and practices in a systematic
manner. The learners are exposed to some content before evaluating or
determining the extent of learning or behavioural change that has take
place.
Teaching is a common term we use in three distinct ways: as a
profession/occupation, as a doctrine/body of knowledge, and as a formal
school activity, Keziah and Lawrence (2003). Teaching as a formal school
activity is the major one that concerns us because it is the process of
getting a learner become educated. Teaching influencing the thoughts,
feelings and behaviour of other admittedly, teaching is concerned with
education or behaviour change, it is a system of activity by a formerly
knowledge, working with one or more learners to achieve certain learning
outcomes.
Attempts to explain the concept of teaching and learning
has introduced the issue of selling and buying. There is no double to
the fact that but concepts involves some sort of interaction. In other
words, some level of interaction is necessary before there can be
teaching-learning or selling buying. But where as the seller-buyer
relationship has an action of giving something to someone in
consideration for money as the most important predictable behaviour,
teacher – learner relationship has no one major event. Rather, it
involves series of actions like marking of papers, discussing and
demonstration, explaining and illustration or writing of something on
the chalkboard.
Experience is the knowledge and skill that is gained
through something for a period of time Oxford Advanced Learners
dictionary (2000). For instance a teacher with ten years teaching
experience influence the way he/she thinks and behaves in a more
acceptable way from accumulated knowledge gained through the skills he
acquire from a particular job.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was designed to evaluate the teaching and learning of guidance and counseling in Colleges of Education. Four research question and two Hypotheses guided the study. An evaluation research design was employed in order to carry out the study. A total of twenty nine (29) guidance and counselling lecturers in Colleges of Education and (348) 300 level students of Colleges of Education Cross River State participated in the study. A structure Guidance and Counselling Evaluation Questionnaire ... Continue reading---
