ASSESSMENT OF COOPERATING TEACHERS’ MENTORSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES TO STUDENT- TEACHERS ON EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICE EXERCISE IN OYO STATE

Assessment of cooperating teachers? mentorship responsibilities to student-teachers towards effective teaching practice exercise is a survey study geared towards determining the extent to which cooperating teachers carry out their mentorship responsibilities during teaching practice exercise. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study, and it sampled 182 secondary school teachers in Oyo State using purposive and quota non-probability sampling techniques. A researcher self-constructed questionnaire (QUESCOTRETP) which grouped the responsibilities into preparatory, pedagogical, managerial and evaluative responsibilities was used for data collection. Data collected were analysed using simple percentage, measures of central tendency and Mann Witney U test. The findings revealed that teachers carryout the mentorship responsibilities to the highest extent, and the extent to which they carry out the responsibilities does not differ in terms of teachers? gender, years of experiences and school location. In view of the findings, the study recommended among other things that universities/colleges of education should promote the exercise of the mentorship responsibilities through organization of seminars and workshops for practicing schools? teachers prior to the commencement of teaching practice. Managements of practising schools should encourage their teachers through ensuring that trainee teachers are assigned to teachers appropriately, and provision of material resources to enhance the discharge of the mentorship responsibilities.

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