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Teacher Education in Liberia

Mehaffey, Charles Arthur
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1570783750512245

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1980, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Educational Administration and Supervision.
The aim of this study was to make a historical, descriptive, and analytical examination of institutions concerned with teacher education in Liberia. After looking at the Liberian national and educational background, an examination of the status of Liberian teachers was made. The main focus of this study was to examine the role that the W. V. S. Tubman Teachers College of the University of Liberia, Cuttington University College, and the Rural Teacher Training Institutes at Kakata and Zorzor have played, are playing, and will play in dealing with the problems and progress associated with teacher education in Liberia. A review of the Liberian national and educational background and the status of Liberian teachers revealed the need for improving the teacher education programs in Liberia. Both the quantity and preparation of the teachers in Liberia need to be improved to meet the nationally established goals. With the increase in population and demands for educational services, the future problems and frustrations facing these teacher education institutions also seem likely to increase. These four institutions primarily responsible for teacher education in Liberia, the W. V. S. Tubman Teachers College of the University of Liberia, the Education Division of Cuttington University College, and the Rural Teacher Training Institutes at Zorzor and Kakata, have shown much progress in teacher education since 1947. The University of Liberia has made definite plans for the establishment of graduate programs in education, although low salaries, minimal training, and high turnover rate of the faculty is a major weakness in this design. Cuttington University College offers a viable alternative to government institutions of higher education in West Africa, but the small size, minimal training, and high turnover rate of the faculty creates a definite problem. The Rural Teacher Training Institutes have solved the conflicts in trying to accomplish simultaneously both preservice and in-service teacher training and secondary education and teacher training, but have not yet successfully resolved the problem of trying to provide both rural community education and teacher training. Much, also, remains to be done to increase the number of fully prepared teachers in Liberia. The study concluded with some recommendations for improving the programs of teacher education in Liberia.
Morris Weinberger (Advisor)
Teacher Education

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  • Mehaffey, C. A. (1980). Teacher Education in Liberia [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1570783750512245

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mehaffey, Charles. Teacher Education in Liberia. 1980. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1570783750512245.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mehaffey, Charles. "Teacher Education in Liberia." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1980. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1570783750512245

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