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Derginin Adı:
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The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Cilt:
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2013/14
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Sayı:
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4
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Makale Başlık:
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TRAINING TEACHERS AT A DISTANCE: PERCEPTIONS AND CHALLENGES OF OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING (ODL) IN TEACHER EDUCATION The Zimbabwean Experience
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Makale Alternatif Dilde Başlık:
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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3.04.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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Zimbabwe like most developing countries continues to experience shortages in skills.
One such area that has experienced skills shortages is education. This has resulted in
governments and education institutions coming up with innovative ways to improve the
training of of teachers. Such innovative models include the Open & Distance Learning
(ODL) model in the development of skills. In some instances, there has been a
combination of the conventional model and the ODL model. The purpose of the study was
to examine the different methods used in the training of teachers and the role of ODL in
addressing skills shortages.
The study used the qualitative methodology and the case study design. The respondents
were purposively selected. Data was collected through lesson observations, document
analysis and open-ended questionnaires that were administered to senior teachers,
deputy school heads and school heads. These gave a total of twenty respondents from
different schools. At the same time twenty trainee teachers in different programmes with
the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) were observed teaching and were assessed.
The study also examined views, attitudes and perceptions about the training of teachers.
From the data it could be concluded that the model being used by teachers’ colleges (2-
5-2) was more inclined to ODL than the ‘conventional’ model, thus demonstrating that
indeed teachers can be trained through ODL. Whilst there were mixed feelings about the
role of universities in the training of pre-service teachers, it could be concluded that
universities had a role in the training of teachers regardless of the mode of delivery they
used. The study noted that the lack of resources and lack of understanding between
different stakeholders was negatively affecting the success of the ODL model of training
teachers at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).
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