Mentoring the Student-Teacher on School Records and Record Keeping for Effective Teaching Practice Exercise in Nigeria

Abstract

In every professions, there are period for internship. Teaching profession is not left out. The  student-teacher goes out for teaching practice for a specific period of time under the supervision of more experienced teachers. Among what is expected for the student-teacher to know is school records and record keeping. It is on this regards that this paper hinged on mentoring, the student-teacher on school records and record keeping for effective teaching practice exercise in Nigeria. To this effect, the paper addressed the meaning of school records and recording keeping, types of records kept in schools, importance of school records, the type of records to be kept by student-teacher, mentoring student-teachers on how to enter some records. The paper concluded that student-teacher should practically know and keep record which was theoretically taught in the mother institution. The paper recommended, among other, colleges of education, faculty of education should integrate record keeping as part of teaching practice practicum just as micro-teaching, school records and record keeping should be form part of the things required to be supervised when their supervisor visit them, the school head of student-teacher positing should organize orientation/induction programme for the student-teacher and student-teacher should be included in Student Industrial Work Experiences Scheme(SIWES)

Keywords: School records, keeping, student-teacher mentoring, teaching practice.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-18-13

Publication date:June 30^th 2019