There is no teacher education programme that can be said to
be complete without an effective student teaching practice programme. Although,
there is a school of thought, which says that “teacher are born, not trained”,
the overwhelming view today is that there is a need for professional trained
teacher to teach in our schools. This view was echoed and expressed in a belief
that “a good teacher education programme must seek to assist the individual
teacher to grow and develop as a person, provide him with the necessary skills
and professional abilities that will help him become an effective teacher”. The
type of teacher education under discussion can only be provided through several
strategeies, of which is teaching practice (TP). Therefore, the education
concept of TP is deeply rooted in
the drive towards the education and training of competent and professional
teacher.
i.
According to SALAWU and ADEOYE (2002),student practice: is a
practical teaching activity by which the student-teachers are given an
opportunity in actual school situation to demonstrate and improve training in
pedagogical skill over a period of time.
ii. Student Teacher practice is a kind of apprenticeship stage during which the student are sent out to school to gain practical and professional experience by translating all the educational theories they have acquired or learnt during training into practice (fagbulu 1984).
The purpose of this section article is to discuss the
meaning, the rationale, goal and general objectives of TP as well as define some technical terms that
you will come across during the exercise. The terms TP is defined differently
by many educationists. A few of these definitions are, however, worthy of note.
ii. Student Teacher practice is a kind of apprenticeship stage during which the student are sent out to school to gain practical and professional experience by translating all the educational theories they have acquired or learnt during training into practice (fagbulu 1984).
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