Teaching Skills Required By Pre-Service Teachers For Enhancing Teaching And Learning Of Basic Science And Technology In Bosso Local Government, Niger State.

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume IX, Issue II, February 2022 | ISSN 2321–2705

Teaching Skills Required By Pre-Service Teachers For Enhancing Teaching And Learning Of Basic Science And Technology In Bosso Local Government, Niger State.

Hassan, A. M.¹, Akinduro, I. R.², Mohammed, K. A.³ & Ogunmilade, J. O.^4
1Department of Industrial and Technology Education Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
²Department of Vocational and Technical Education Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
³Department of Building Technology Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, Nigeria
⁴ Department of Vocational and Technical Education Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

ABSTRACT
The study was carried out to determine teaching skills required by pre-service teachers to enhance teaching and learning of basic technology in Bosso local government Minna, Niger state. Two research questions guided the study while two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey research design. The population for the study was 40 pre-service teachers of basic science and technology. There was no sampling because of the manageable size of the population. The instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire. Three experts validated the instrument. Mean and standard deviation were employed to analyze data for answering research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that Selection instructional content of a lesson, Select available human and material resources need for planning a lesson, Construct a lesson plan, Select methods and techniques for teaching a lesson, are the Instructional planning skills required by technology education student to enhance teaching and learning of Basic Science and Technology subject. Provide safety poster in the laboratory to encourage correct safety habit in sequence and logical order, Arrange benches and machines properly to facilitate learning are the Teaching methodological skills required by pre-service teachers for enhancing the implementations of Basic Science and Technology subject. Evaluating students affective domain, Assessing students psychomotor performance, Construct reliable test to evaluate students progress, Assessing the effectiveness of the teaching strategy, Making record about students academic ability, Provide records about students moral character and personality are the Instructional evaluation skills required by pre-service teachers for enhancing the implementations of Basic Science and Technology subject. It was recommended that pre-service teachers of basic science and technology should be retrained based on areas of needs identified in the study and relevant facilities for effective implementation of the Basic Science and Technology should be provided by government and other enabling bodies among others.

Keywords: Teaching skills, pre-service, teachers, basic science and technology

INTRODUCTION

The most important role of teacher education institutions in the educational system is to prepare pre-service teachers to be equipped with certain teaching skills. Teacher quality is a complicated concept, although qualities of teachers are categorized in various ways in the literature. It is critical to note that these qualities should be regarded as a whole, with each having complementary features. To enable pre-service teachers, acquire certain teaching skills, well-planned educational programs and well-trained teachers are needed to implement these programs. While philosophies, approaches, and practices adopted in education tend to change the role of the teacher, they have never undermined it. Indeed, teacher education institution hold a major responsibility in training qualified pre-service teachers as it is essential for the welfare of a country and securing the quality of all educational levels from primary to tertiary education.
Teachers who are deemed as professionally competent must demonstrate that they can teach successfully: can do effective planning, monitoring and evaluation for learning and manage the teaching curriculums according to the needs of individuals and groups within the classroom (Iris, 2020). The necessity of a teacher’s expertise in their field and having the professional teaching knowledge that will enable them to pass on their knowledge and skills to students is believed to hold importance as to ensure quality in education. The teachers’ sense of competence is said to be very important in the success of learning and teaching activities and in the motivation of students to learn (Iris, 2020). It is stated that the quality of teacher training has a direct influence not only on the development of children’s knowledge, but also in the shaping of their personalities, especially during the early years of their education (European Parliament, 2008).

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