AN APPROACH TO FRAMING FOUNDATION COURSES IN EDUCATION FOR THE N.C.E.:- A CASE STUDY OF THE EXISTING CURRICULUM OF KANO, SOKOTO AND ZARIA ADVANCED TEACHERS' COLLEGES
AN APPROACH TO FRAMING FOUNDATION COURSES IN EDUCATION FOR THE N.C.E.:- A CASE STUDY OF THE EXISTING CURRICULUM OF KANO, SOKOTO AND ZARIA ADVANCED TEACHERS' COLLEGES
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1977
Authors
OLADEBO, M. OLAWOLE OMOTAYO
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Abstract
The school is a purposive institution and education
is an intentional activity. If the educational purpose
a school seeks to attain could be equated to an objective
the study of objectives of Foundations of Education is
important. The researcher decided to undertake this
study to ascertain what exactly were the declared
purposes for teaching Foundations of Education in the
three Advanced Teachers' Colleges of Kano, Sokoto and
Zaria affiliated to the Institute of Education, Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria.
The researcher was interested in confirming or
rejecting that:
(a) There are no explicit objectives at presenting
the teaching of Foundations of Education
in the Advanced Teachers' Colleges under study
(b) The Syllabus in Foundations at N.C.E. level is
not meeting some of the immediate needs of
Teacher Education Programme in Nigeria.
(c) The instructional approach employed by many
of the lecturers of Foundations of Education
at the Advanced Teachers' Colleges tends to
make the subject less relevant to the needs
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of the students and objectives of Teacher
Education.
(d) A programme in Foundations of Education that
would be suited to the needs of the students
and the profession can be developed through
relevant guidelines.
One set of questionnaire was developed for both
lecturers and students. Background data was requested
along with some questions about stated objectives,
national objectives of teacher education, instructional
techniques, facilities, equipment, and scope of the
syllabus on Foundations of Education. In addition five
expert judges were selected to determine the degree to
which each of the techniques of instruction in item five
of the questionnaire could be used most effectively in
the teaching of Foundations of Education at the N.C.E.
level. The judges were required to indicate in order
of preference for each technique by writing A, B, C, in
the appropriate columns of each row (technique).
Short interview schedules were used to obtain
information on Foundations of Education from discussions
with the moderators, principals and lecturers in
Foundations of Education of the Advanced Teachers' Colleges.
The study has shown that there are no explicit
objectives for the syllabus on Foundations of Education
at the ATCs under study. There was disagreement between
the lecturers and students on the understanding of the
national objectives of teacher education. It was also
discovered that instructional techniques were not
flexible and that facilities and equipments were
inadequate. Guidelines for remedies were therefore
suggested.
Description
A Thesis
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
MASTER IN EDUCATION
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELL0 UNIVERSITY
ZARIA,
1977
Keywords
APPROACH,, FRAMING,, FOUNDATION,, COURSES,, EDUCATION,, CASE STUDY,, EXISTING,, CURRICULUM,, SOKOTO AND ZARIA,, ADVANCED,, TEACHERS' COLLEGES