Quality Teaching: A Reflection of Students’ Learning Outputs in Tanzanian Teacher Colleges

Abstract

This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted in 2013. The researcher employed descriptive research design of survey type. In this research two objectives were studied: to analyze national examination results for diploma students for determining students’ examination pass rates in selected teacher colleges and to examine the level of tutors’ teaching effectiveness by measuring their level of instructional procedures and interaction styles. The data were collected through documentary analysis and questionnaire survey. The sample of the study was 120 tutors from both colleges. The findings of this paper here are the part of Master Dissertation on Tutors’ effective teaching and students’ examination pass rates in teacher colleges in Tanzania.

Keywords: Quality teaching, examinations pass rates, Teacher Colleges