PEDAGOGICAL READINESS AND PRE-SERVICE SOCIAL STUDIES AND CIVIC EDUCATION TEACHERS TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCE IN OGUN STATE

Abstract

^{This study examined the pedagogical readiness of teachers in training on their teaching practice experience. The study set out to assess the pedagogical readiness of pre-service teachers in terms of knowledge acquisition, lesson notes writing skills, method of teaching skills and handling of instructional materials before their teaching practice. The study employed descriptive survey research design. Seventy six (76) pre-service teachers were selected to form the sample for the study using stratified sampling technique. Data Collected through structured questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings showed that pre-service teachers possessed average skills of writing lesson notes; pre-service teachers were not taught with different teaching strategies by their lecturers; they have not been exposed to proper handling of teaching aids and they possessed average knowledge of what they are to teach before their teaching practice experience. It was concluded that lecturers do not expose the students to enough micro-teaching before their teaching practice. Based on the findings, it was recommended that pre-service teachers should be exposed to skills of writing lesson notes; lecturers should use different teaching strategies to teach the students and all teachers in training must undergo micro-teaching before their teaching practice experience.}