Theory against practice: training of teachers in a vacuum.

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Title
en Theory against practice: training of teachers in a vacuum.
Description
en Journal Article
Creator
Simuyaba, Eunifridah
Date
2021-03-05T13:48:48Z
Date Available
2021-03-05T13:48:48Z
Date Issued
2015
Abstract
en This paper is based on a study conducted in selected schools in Lusaka District in Zambia. The study aimed at
getting teachers’ and head teachers’ perceptions on the performance of University of Zambia student teachers on
teaching practice. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative research designs. Questionnaires and
interviews for head teachers and class teachers mentoring the student teachers were administered. The main
findings were that the training offered to these students did not prepare them for really-life situations in the field.
The absence of values, attitudes, morals and practical approaches, methods, and techniques to suit real life
situations in schools make the training offered ineffective and to some extent irrelevant. The study recommended
more field observations within a classroom under the supervision of the classroom teacher, longer period of
teaching practice where a student teacher is under close supervision of the classroom teacher and internship
where a newly qualified teacher is supervised within his or her own classroom for some time.
Key words: Teaching practice, perceptions, training, professional development.
Identifier
2689-4998 (print),2689-5013 (online)
uri
http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/6961
Language
en en
Publisher
en Journal of Education & Social Policy
Subject
en Teaching practice--Perceptions--Zambia.
Type
en Article
Item sets
The University of Zambia Collections