Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study examined the Students’ Perception on Impact of Field-Trip, Metacognition and Self-Efficacy on Pre-Service Teachers’ Academic Achievement in Ecology. The research adopted multi-stage research design which involved quasi-experimental of Pretest and posttest, descriptive survey and quantitative design.   Four instruments were constructed and used for this research. The instruments were validated through specialists and the reliability was determined using Cronbachs’ Alpha at 0.89, 0.86 and 0.84 respectively. The sample involved 100 levels students of Biology in three Colleges of Education. The experimental group involved two Colleges of Education; Federal College of Education, Abeokuta in Ogun State and Emmanuel Alayande College of Education in Oyo State 263 while the control groups were Tai-Solarin College of Education, Ijebu-Ode with sampled of 61 students’ intact classes. Statistically measures were applied to determine the mean scores, the standard deviation, T-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) using SPSS version 26. This was done to establish the robustness of data used and ascertained the parametric assumptions of using the t-test and ANCOVA. The intervention used was field trip and was more effective on the research. The t –test results for hypothesis 1 was [t (15.030 = 0.000); P < 0.05]. The t-test established the preferableness of pre-service teachers of field trip as a teaching pedagogy to convectional method on the teaching and learning of Ecology The ANCOVA result for hypothesis 3 was  [F(1, 321) = 0.031; P < 0.05], [F(3, 319) = 0.000; P < 0.05],,for hypothesis 4[F(2, 320) = 0.000; P < 0.05],for hypothesis 5 was [F(2, 320) = 0.001; P < 0.05] and  [F(2, 320) = 0.005; P < 0.05] for  null hypotheses six, all the null hypotheses were rejected. The research recommends field trip as a teaching pedagogy to teach Ecology effectively. The pre-service teachers who will graduate to teach the foundational level of our educational system cannot give what they do not have. Hence, curriculum in science in Colleges of Education should be exposed to field- trip to teach from real-life experiences reference to ecological concept in Biology.