Simulation as Modern Approach for Effective Microteaching in Colleges of Education in Northwest Nigeria

Abstract

The prime target of teaching is to advance growth of knowledge to students. Student teachers in colleges of education are being prepared to face squarely the challenges of teaching pupils/students in primary or post primary schools after successful completion of the teacher training program. Microteaching in a practical component of teacher Education in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. Theoretical aspects of the course in being taught to students in level two first semester while the practicum is being taught to students in second semester of the same level (II). Theoretical skills arranging from introduction, examples and illustration, use of white board, planned repetition, reinforcement to mention but few are being simulated at practical session at level II hundred. The paper examined how students view the concept of microteaching as teaching strategy, which is simulated to involve few numbers of students, short period of time and showcasing one to two teaching skills. In a related vein, the paper dalt with modeling as a crucial component of microteaching which permits teacher trainer to view the video recorded teaching of the experienced teacher, teacher with a view to evaluating the viewed teaching when they come to teach at micro level. The study covered three colleges of education namely, Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, Federal College of Education, Kano and Federal College of Education, Zaria. These colleges are selected to represent other colleges of education in Northwest Geopolitical Zone and those colleges not selected bear same traits. Data was collected by distribution questionnaires to level II students in the selected colleges. The raw data collected was analyzed using thematic analysis which forms the basis of analyzing objective I and objective II.