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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 Kaibo
This 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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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Teaching and Teacher Education

ISSN

0742-051X

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

87

Article number

a102957

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  • Education Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-10-15

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2021-10-25

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-10-14

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