TY  - EJOU
AU  - 
T1  - How Secondary School Mathematics Teachers Perceive the Effectiveness of Microteaching and Teaching Practice in their Preservice Education
T2  - Humanities and Social Sciences Letters

PY  - 2019
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SN  - 2312-4318

AB  - Teacher education is an important pillar of every education system worldwide. Consequently, there is a need to determine the efficacy of teacher education programs in preparing good-quality teachers. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of learned media and teaching skills on the teaching of mathematics in secondary schools. We therefore explore how secondary school mathematics teachers perceive the effect of “media practicals” and “microteaching” on teaching practice through a survey study.  Seventy respondents provided usable data for the analysis, which indicated that media practicals are well organized and microteaching helps the majority of student teachers practice the various teaching skills they had learned. However, the majority of respondents (61.4%) stated they were not able to implement all the techniques they learned during their teacher training, while most respondents’ (57.1%) teaching practice sessions were only assessed once by their supervisors. A major recommendation is that teaching practice assessment should be emphasized and undertaken at least twice. 
KW  - Media practicals
KW  - Microteaching
KW  - Teaching practice
KW  - Student teachers
KW  - Teacher education
KW  - Secondary school
DO  - 10.18488/journal.73.2019.71.46.55