The Experience of Training: A Study of Students at the National Teacher Training College in Lesotho (CIE, 2000, 39 p.): Appendix 1: Lesotho Midway Likert Items

The Experience of Training: A Study of Students at the National Teacher Training College in Lesotho (CIE, 2000, 39 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Multi-Site Teacher Education Research Project (MUSTER)
		Acronyms and Abbreviations
		Abstract
		Chapter 1: Introduction
		Chapter 2: Research Methods
		Chapter 3: Data Analysis
		Chapter 4: Findings
		Chapter 5: Conclusions
		References
		Appendix 1: Lesotho Midway Likert Items
		Appendix 2: Mid-Way Questionnaire

Appendix 1: Lesotho Midway Likert Items

*Statements*	*% Agreement*
1. School children learn best when in small groups	100%
2. The most important thing a teacher can do is teach pupils facts that they need to know	71.5%
3. Teachers cannot do much to improve the results of slow learners	0%
4. All you need to do well on college tests is good memory	85.8%
5. School pupils learn more from listening to the teacher than from asking questions.	21.4%
6. Teachers find it difficult to maintaining discipline in school without corporal punishment.	50%
7. Doing well in college examination is easier than doing well at secondary school	28.6%
8. I think it will be easy to use new teaching methods in my school	57.1%
9. Children need to be divided into ability groups to be taught well	71.5%
10. I prefer being assessed through assignments than through end-of term examination	78.6%
11. I find it difficult to make teaching and learning aids	14.3%
12. corporal punishment is not useful for helping children to learn	78.6%
13. After teaching lessons in school I write down how to improve next time	100%
14. Examinations are a fair test of what I have learnt at college	71.4%
15. There is no time in school for teachers to plan lessons well	0%
16. People who are good teachers do not need much training	14.3%
17. My friends think I am fortunate to be a schoolteacher	85.7%
18. I feel well prepared to start teaching now	50%
19. Women make the best primary school principals	64.3%
20. Teaching is easier than many other jobs I could do	21.4%
21. I need more training to be an effective teacher	92.9%
22. Teachers are born not made	42.9%
23. Teaching is a very difficult job to do well	42.9%
24. I would rather teach in a secondary school than a primary school.	21.4%
25. Men make the best primary school class teachers	35.7%
26. I would rather have gone to university than teacher training college	14.3%
27. I think being a teacher is the best job I can get	85.7%
28. Primary school teachers are respected by the community	85.7%
29. I know many teachers who would prefer to do other jobs	42.9%