Teacher Education—Experiences and Challenges

• 作者: Uduma Emmanuel Ogbonnia
• 来源期刊: Psychology Research
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: teacher education experiences CHALLENGES
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（7）
• 页码范围: 272-276
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

Teacher education is fundamental to the attainment of the objectives of education of any nation.In Nigeria for example,research reports indicate that during the past 18 years,the quality of teachers produced from the Nigeria’s various teacher education institutions has dropped significantly.This paper examines the various teaching experiences acquired through training including new skills gained and challenges encountered in the current teacher education programme in Nigeria that have contributed to the decline in teacher quality and experiences.It was discovered that poor quality of candidates admitted,lack of interest to take teaching as career,poor funding,poor public image of the teacher,high incidence of examination malpractice among student-teachers,and lack of motivation and good incentives among teacher educators are some of the challenges on teacher education.The paper recommends that Government at all levels and all nations should increase funding of teacher education,high quality students should be admitted,and Government should initiate programmes that can enhance the status of the teaching profession etc.