Problems of Teacher Training in Liberia
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As a part of the investigation of the problems associated with providing trained teachers in Liberia, data were collected from individuals involved in education in Liberia during the 1980 1989 time period through either interview or survey. The data thus collected was intended to develop insights into the problems facing teacher education in Liberia. As the information presented in the preceding chapters of this study indicate, the problems besetting teacher education in Liberia are not only well known, they have, for the most part, proved to be resistant to solution. It is to be hoped that the insights developed through the conduct of this current study will lead to the implementation of more effective solutions to the problems in teacher education in Liberia. The focus of this study was on pre service and in service education. This study sought to identify both the causes of and proposed solutions for the problems in teacher education and to analyze whether the solutions proposed to deal with the problems were (1) internally consistent with respect to teacher education, and (2) externally consistent with respect to the larger socio political environment in Liberia? Findings Related to Pre Service Teacher Education Both the group of older studies reviewed earlier in this study and the more recent Florida State University studies mentioned declines in the effectiveness of pre service teacher education in Liberia, and tended to cite the causes of such declines as
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nadequate training programs for such individuals was translated into inadequate instructional supervision of Liberian teachers. This finding confirmed those reported in the literature.
Responses by members of the research sample to questionnaire items 17, 18, and 20 also confirmed that instructional supervision was inadequate in Liberian schools. Questionnaire item number 17 sought data relative to the adequacy of the number of trained elementary school administrators in the Liberian educational system. A total of 34 (94.4 percent) of the individuals interviewed and surveyed responded to item number 17. Of these 34 respondents, 28 (18 survey; 10 interview; 77.8 percent of the total sample) indicated that the number of trained elementary school administrators was inadequate. Questionnaire item number 18 sought data relative to the adequacy of the number of trained secondary school administrators in the Liberian educational system. A total of 34 (94.4 percent) of the individuals interviewed and surveyed responded to item number 18. Of these 34 respondents, 27 (seventeen survey; 10 interview; 75 percent of the total sample) indicated that the number of trained secondary school administrators was inadequate. Questionnaire i
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