Assessing Issues in Achieving the Goals of Teacher Education in State Owned Tertiary Institutions in Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States, Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed issues in achieving the goals of teacher education in state owned tertiary institutions in Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and three null hypotheses were formulated for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The researcher adopted a survey research design for the study and the population of the study consisted of 1,219 comprising of all academic staff (teaching staff) in the State owned Tertiary Institutions that run teacher education programme in Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States, Nigeria. 20% of the population was used as the sample size which yielded a sample of 244 using the systematic random sampling technique. A 5-point likert scale questionnaire tagged “Assessing Issues in Achieving Teacher Education Goals Questionnaire (AIATEGQ)” which consist of 15 items was used to collect data for the study. Mean was employed in answering the three research questions, while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the three null hypotheses. It was found out that lack of access to continuous training on the job and inadequate incentives for academic staff have negative impact in achieving the goals of teacher education. Therefore, it was recommended that in order for the goals of teacher education to be achieved, tertiary institutions in Nigeria should be provided with adequate facilities, equipments, consumable materials, instructional materials; provision of in service training for her teaching staff.

Keywords: Assessing Issues, Achieving, & Teacher Education Goals