Teachers’ Perception towards Pre-Service Teacher Education Program at Higher Secondary Level

Abstract

The basic purpose of this study was to find out the teachers’ perception about pre-service teacher education program at higher secondary level. The teachers of Higher Secondary level from both public and private organization were randomly taken as sample. Total 30 teachers were conveniently taken as sample. A self-designed survey was selected to be used in this study. The questionnaire which was used in this study consisted of two parts. The first part of questionnaire was about demographic factors while second part covered the teachers’ perception about teacher education program. The measurement of variables such as teaching skills, pedagogical skills and professional skills were collectively used as teachers’ perception about pre-service Teacher Education programs. Teachers responded to the items on five point likert scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”. The major findings of this study were that teachers have positive perception about teacher education because mostly teachers said that teacher education means development of teacher proficiency and competences. The male & female, public & private, regular & private and B.Ed & M.ED teachers’ perception towards pre-service teacher education programs have no significant mean differences at higher secondary level. Teachers who have different qualification and age groups have no significant mean differences while teachers who have different teaching experiences have significant difference towards teachers’ perception about pre-service teacher education program at higher secondary.

Keywords: Teacher Education, Teaching Skills, Pedagogical Theory, Professional Skills