 | 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 |
| | 1.1 Rationale |
| | 1.2 Objectives |
| | Chapter 2: Research Methods |
| | 2.1 Population |
| | 2.2 Instruments |
| | 2.3 Procedure |
| | Chapter 3: Data Analysis |
| | Chapter 4: Findings |
| | 4.1 Introduction |
| | 4.2 Other themes |
| | Chapter 5: Conclusions |
| | References |
| | Appendix 1: Lesotho Midway Likert Items |
| | Appendix 2: Mid-Way Questionnaire |
Appendix 1: Lesotho Midway Likert Items
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Statements |
% Agreement |
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1. School children learn best when in small groups |
100% |
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2. The most important thing a teacher can do is teach pupils facts that they need to know |
71.5% |
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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% |
|
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