ASSESSMENT OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF THE USE OF MICROTEACHING BLOG-BASED PACKAGE IN TRAINING TEACHING SKILLS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

The study investigated pre-service teachers' perception on a developed and validated a Blog-Based Microteaching Practicum Package (BMPP). Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research designs was used in the study. 500 Year II pre-service teachers were sampled from 2,780 pre-service teachers across three the Colleges of Education in Lagos State. One validated instrument titled “Users' Perception Questionnaire (UPQ)” was used to collect data from the respondents. The data obtained were analysed using mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s Moment Correlation Co-efficient at 0.05 level of significance. The results reveled that pre-service teacher have good perception of the use of Blog-Based Microteaching Practicum Package (BMPP) in micro-teaching practicum class; and there is positive relationship between pre–service teachers’ perception of the BMPP and their performance in micro-teaching practicum in Colleges of Education in Lagos State. This study recommended that the National Commission for Colleges of Education needs to review the minimum standard of micro-teaching to include integration of technological applications such as BMPP in the training of pre-service teachers; and government should organise seminars, conferences and workshops for teacher trainers which will focus on training the trainee on the integration of technology such as BMPP into classroom teaching and learning.