The Relationship between Teaching Skills of Teacher Educators and Teacher Trainees’ Teaching Performance

Beshah, Melese Mengesha; Anshu, Alemu Hailu

doi:10.30479/jmrels.2024.21115.2442

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ PhD candidate, Department of English Language and Literature, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.

² Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2024.21115.2442

Abstract

Teachers’ effectiveness is highly dependent on the quality of training they receive, which is, in turn, affected by the teaching skills of teacher educators. This article, therefore, examines the relationship between Ethiopian teacher educators’ teaching skills and their trainees’ teaching performance. To achieve this objective, this correlational research targeted 11 teacher educators and 47 English language teacher trainees. The data were collected using questionnaires, observations and interviews. The analysis indicates that there is positive correlation (r = .90, p < .05) between teacher educators’ competence and trainees’ effectiveness in teaching primary school English language. Besides, although the teacher educators perceive themselves as effective trainers, their trainees revealed that the trainers were not effective in the areas of providing feedback and engaging their trainees in reflective practices during peer-teaching and recording their progress. A significant relationship was found between teacher educators’ performance and long-term success in the teaching effectiveness of trainees. Consequently, professional development programs should be organized for teacher educators. Additionally, the curriculum of teacher education should be revised. Besides, the Ministry of Education should devise a way of assessing the competence of teacher educators. Furthermore, teacher educators should encourage reflective practices during training teachers.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Teacher education

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The Relationship between Teaching Skills of Teacher Educators and Teacher Trainees’ Teaching Performance

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