6.7 Levels of confidence at the end of the course

The exit level questionnaire showed that students felt most confidence in preparing lessons (70.4%), followed by knowing their subject content (62%) and methodology (62%) (see Table 27). Between 50% and 60% of the students felt confident to assess learners’ work, control the class, deal with individual learners’ needs and make teaching and learning aids. Less than half of the students, however, felt confident about education theory (47%). In comparing entry and exit levels of confidence, the largest improvement in levels of confidence was in the areas of lesson preparation and subject methodology. In most of the other areas, levels of confidence appeared to have decreased between the entry and exit level questionnaires. The exit level data, however, needs to be treated with caution both due to the small sample size and the large numbers who did not respond to the questions.

Table 27: Level of confidence regarding different teaching areas: comparison of entry and exit questionnaires