AN INVESTIGATION OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OF TEACHER TRAINEES IN KADUNA STATE GRADE TWO TEACHER' COLLEGES AND THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THEM

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1977-06
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AWOYELE, TIMOTHY OYETUNDE
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This study investigated the actual occupational preferences (with respect to teaching and non-teaching occupations) of Kaduna State Grade Two Teacher Trainees, with a view to determining the extent of the enthusiasm the Trainees have for teaching - the profession for which they are being prepared. The study was motivated by the method used in Kaduna State in admitting pupils to post-primary schools whereby the performances of the candidates in the common entrance examination rather than their expressed choice for particular forms of post-primary education forms the Principal basis for admitting them into various forms of post primary schools. The researcher noted in particular the common complaints of many of the students in his school that they have been sent by the educational authorities to pursue the type of Education that least appeals to them (i.e. Teacher Education). This made the researcher to Teel strongly that there must he many Trainees in Teachers' Colleges who are in Training very much against their wish. Some factors influencing the Trainees' choice or non choice of teaching as life time occupation were also determined in the study. The factors whose influence on the Trainees' occupational choice were determined were broadly classified into personal factors (sex and entry qualifications of the trainees to Teachers' Colleges) and environmental factors (Trainess' parents' income group and the difference in the Trainees' Colleges). The study also determined who of parents and teachers have greater influence on the occupational choice of Trainees. It also determined whether or not the Trainees' free choice or non-choice of teaching as life time occupation has any effect on their performances in professional courses in Teacher Training. The data used in the study were collected through the administration of questionnaire designed by the researcher on the basis of the hypotheses advanced for the study. Respondents were got from four Teachers' College in Kaduna State: 1. Zaria U.P,E. Teachers' College, Zaria 2. Bassawa Teachers' College, Zaria. 3. Women Teachers' College, Zaria, and 4. Women Teachers' College, Kaduna. The sampling method used was cluster sampling. Three statistical methods were used in the analysis of data: (a) a bivariate research design utilizing X2 (Chi- Square) Statistical method; (b) Test by test of proportions using normal distributions approach and (c) Student's 't ' test. The results of the study indicated that the proportions of the respondents in the various Teachers' Colleges who choose Teaching as life time occupation is significantly higher than the proportions of those who did not; the proportions of the Trainees willing to remain for long in Teaching is significantly higher than the proportion of these who do not wish to remain for long, and, the proportion of the regular Trainees who made Teachers' College their first choice when filling application form for Common Entrance Examinations is significantly higher than the proportion of those who made other types of Colleges their first choice. The results also indicated a significant relationship (P.05) between the personal factors of sex and entry qualification of respondents respectively and choice or non choice of Teaching as life time occupation, A significant relationship (P.05) was also discovered between environmental factor of parents' income group level and the Trainees' Choice or non choice of Teaching as life time occupation. Influence of parents on the respondents' occupational choice was found to be significantly greater than the influence of Teachers on the same' Finally, it was found that the free choice or non choice of teaching as life time occupation by the respondents' does not affect their performances in professional courses in Teacher Training' On the basis of the above findings some recommendations were made.
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SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA JUNE, 1977
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INVESTIGATION,, OCCUPATIONAL,, CHOICE,, TEACHER,, TRAINEES,, KADUNA STATE,, GRADE TWO TEACHER,, COLLEGES,, FACTORS,, INFLUENCING
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