Lecturers’ Assessment of Teaching Practice Exercise in Nigerian Universities

Abstract

Teaching Practice is a crucial aspect of teacher education. Despite its importance, the programme is confronted with numerous challenges. Consequently, this paper examines the quality of teaching practice in Nigerian Universities from the perspective of education lecturers. Quality of Teaching Practice Questionnaire (QTPQ) was employed in obtaining data from 691 randomly selected education lecturers from the universities across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The data obtained were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that the respondents rated the quality of teaching practice exercise in Nigerian universities as fairly above average. It was also found that experience and job status had significant influence on the respondents’ assessment, while gender had no influence. Among others, it was recommended that more time should be allotted to teaching practice and re-training programmes should be organised for lecturers on the best practice in the internship aspect of teacher education.

Key words: Assessment, Quality, Teaching Practice Exercise, Teacher Education.