PERCEPTION OF INTERN TEACHERS’ USE OF INTERACTIVE STRATEGIES IN TEACHING LARGE CLASSES IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT

International Online Journal of Education and Teaching

卷:2

Carol Adaku Obiefuna¹  Perpetua Chinyere Ifegbo¹  Grace Chibiko Offorma² 

[1] Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education;

[2] University of Nigeria;

关键词: Interactive learning;    online environment;    Intern teachers;    virtual learning and online teaching.;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Higher education institutions experience large classes despite the National Universities’Commission’s (NUC) and other supervisory agencies emphasis on carrying capacity of theinstitutions in Nigeria. The overpopulation affects effective teaching and learning and qualityassurance. This study focused on perception of intern teachers of the use of interactivestrategies in teaching Curriculum Studies in an online environment in a College of Education.200 computer science students (intern teachers) in a Curriculum Studies class formed thestudy sample. Three research questions guided the study. A structured and validatedquestionnaire with reliability index of 0.79, made up of 25 items constructed on a four-pointLikert-type scale was administered on the students for data collection. The data wereanalysed using simple mean and the results showed that the intern teachers supported the useof the teaching strategies in an online class as a complement to the face to face method ofteaching. They are also recommended as alternative strategies to reduce the problemsassociated with large classes. However, the research subjects were sceptical about theimplementation of online teaching as a result of power supply and access to internet facilities.The findings have a far reaching implication for the 21st Century teaching and learning.Suggestions towards effective online teaching and learning were made especially withtheGovernment’s reiteration of the need for Information and Communication Technology(ICT) in the schools in Nigeria.

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