Perception of Students towards Participation in Teaching Practice Exercise in Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti

The relevance of teaching practice exercise in the training of would be teacher is germane. However, the perception of the students about this important exercise in their training seems not impressive. This paper was therefore designed to investigate the perception of students towards teaching practice exercise in Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. The study was an empirical research based on descriptive research design. The sample for the study consisted of 1200 students in the Faculty of Education of the university, who were selected using stratified and simple random sampling techniques. A questionnaire was used to gather information for the study. Two research questions were generated while three hypotheses were formulated. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics of mean and percentages while the hypotheses were tested through an inferential statistics of t-test at 0.05 significance level. The result of findings showed that most of the students are not favourably disposed to teaching practice exercise. However, 400 level students fare better in terms of positive perception about teaching practice exercise. Recommendations were proffered on ways to adequately induct the students on the relevance of teaching practice exercise to their training.