TRAINING AND MENTORING FOR TRAINEE TEACHERS IN VOCATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE
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The study investigated training and mentoring for trainee teachers in vocational business education programme in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Two research questions were posed to guide the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population consisted of 810 final year students out of which 324 were sampled using simple random sampling technique. Data for this study were collected by means of questionnaire titled “Training and Mentoring for Trainee Teachers in Vocational Business Education Programme in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State Questionnaire (TMTTVBEPTIRSQ)”.A total of 310 final year students who returned their instrument were studied. The questionnaire adopted a four point rating scale. Test-re-test method was used to test the reliability of the items and a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions while t-test for large group mean was used to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that trainee teachers see teaching practice as an opportunity to acquire and develop skills as a result of mentoring and training in their various institutions of learning, the respondents also indicated that they had benefitted from training and mentoring during teaching practice exercise.The findings from the hypotheses proved that there is no significant difference in the responses of the respondents on skills acquired and mentoring received during teaching practice.Based on the findings and conclusion made, recommendation amongst others includes that vocational business educators should ensure that the students in vocational education acquire adequate skills and receive effective mentoring before embarking on teaching practice exercise and effective training and mentoring should be given to students in vocational business education programme as to enable them acquire the skills needed for teaching practice.
Key Words: Training, Mentoring, Trainee Teachers, Vocational Business Education, Programme
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