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Article Title: Attitude of Student-Teachers Towards Teaching Practice In The University Of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
by A.U. Nwanekezi; N. J. Okoli And Sam A. Mezieobi

Abstract:
The paper is a descriptive survey which sought to ascertain the attitude of student teachers towards teaching practice. This study was conducted in the Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt. The sample comprised of 120 Students who were on teaching practice in 2008/2009 Session, 10 principals and 20 teachers of practicing schools were drawn by simple balloting. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 40 - item questionnaire developed by the researchers. The instrument was validated and an internal consistency of 0.87(87%) was calculated using Cronbach Alpha techniques. Data was analyzed using means and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed that if all the strategies for improving students attitude towards teaching practice would be adopted the students' attitude towards teaching practice, no doubt, will be affected positively. Based on the findings, recommendations were made among others that the Faculty should have a micro-teaching laboratory where the students will be well exposed to the rudiments of teaching before they should be sent to schools for actual practice.

Keywords: altitude, teaching practice, cronbach alpha techniques, micro-teaching laboratory, actual practice

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