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Becoming a teacher: experiences of female trainees in initial teacher education in northern Nigeria
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posted on 2023-06-07, 08:31 authored by Sara Humphreys, Mairead DunneMairead Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Swadchet Sankey, Jiddere KaiboThis article foregrounds the experiences of female trainees on a scholarship programme for initial teacher education aimed at increasing the numbers of qualified female teachers from rural northern Nigeria, and boosting female pupil enrolments. Challenging conditions in colleges of education, including curricular shortcomings, overcrowding, limited resources and inadequate learning support were compounded by non-academic factors – especially financial, and gendered constraints. Collectively, they threatened student retention, learning and attainment, and the programme’s gender equity goals. Findings highlight the need to move beyond increasing numbers of female student-teachers, to improving quality in teacher education, paying attention to out-of-college conditions too.
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Teaching and Teacher EducationISSN
0742-051XPublisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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87Article number
a102957Department affiliated with
- Education Publications
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2019-10-15First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-10-25First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-10-14Usage metrics
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