Preparing Teacher Trainees for Field Experience: Lessons from the On-Campus Practical Experience in Colleges of Education in Ghana

Autor/inn/en	Adu-Yeboah, Christine; Kwaah, Christopher Yaw
Titel	Preparing Teacher Trainees for Field Experience: Lessons from the On-Campus Practical Experience in Colleges of Education in Ghana
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 8 (2018) 4, (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kwaah, Christopher Yaw)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244018807619
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Experiential Learning; Student Attitudes; College Faculty; Program Effectiveness; Practicums; Standards; Teaching Methods; Field Experience Programs; Teacher Attitudes; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Fakultät; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; Standard; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Praxisnahes Lernen; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This study sought to understand the process of providing on-campus practical experience to teacher trainees in preparation for practicum in basic schools, and how the trainees perceive these. It used the mixed method approach to obtain data from three purposively sampled colleges of education in the Central Region of Ghana. Questionnaires were administered to 232 teacher trainees; 12 focus group discussion sessions were held with the trainees while an interview guide was used to elicit data from 24 college tutors. The findings showed that the on-campus experience offered trainees the opportunity to improve on their knowledge and practice of general pedagogical skills such as the writing of lesson plans, statement of appropriate lesson objectives, lesson delivery, timing of activities, and the use of teaching and learning resources. However, there was no evidence of documented standards and guidelines for the conduct of the on-campus practicum. Again, trainees had very limited time to engage with supervisors and critically interrogate and reflect on their own practices. Consequently, it was suggested that teacher training institutions should develop appropriate teaching standards and guidelines for on-campus teaching practice and give trainees more opportunity to engage with and critically interrogate their own practice in the process of learning to teach. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01