Assessment of Continuing Teacher Education Programmes as Correlates for Promoting Adult Literacy in Oto-Awori Community, Lagos State
Ajayi, Rachael Adejoke
Department of Adult and Special Education, College of Specialised and Professional Education, Lagos State University of Education, Lagos State, Nigeria
Abstract
The study explored Assessment of Continuing Teacher Education Programmes as correlates for Promoting adult literacy in Oto-Awori Community, Lagos State as three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey type of research design using the descriptive approach as residents of Oto-Awori comprising of adults and undergraduates formed population of the study. Purposive sampling technique was employed in the selection of 150 participants who formed sample of the study. An instrument titled, “Continuing Teacher Education Programmes for Promotion of Adult Literacy Questionnaire, CTEPPALQ” was used for data collection. This instrument consists of 24 close ended items with 4-Likert scale of Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and Strongly Disagree respectively. The instrument was content validated and internal consistency index of .894l as simple pearson product moment correlation was used to analyse the data and tested at .05 level of significance. The findings revealed that improved continuing teacher education programme promotes adult literacy in communities where they are located. The study concluded that teacher qualification, exposure and experience are prerequisites for quality continuing teacher education. Among others it recommended that more adult literacy classes/centres be established in the community in other to have a higher literate adult population.
Keywords
Assessment, Continuing Teacher Education Programmes, Correlates, Adult literacy, Learners
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