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This study assessed challenges faced by undergraduates during teaching practice; a case study of 2019/2020 teaching practice exercise of the Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City. Five research questions were raised to guide the study. Concepts related to the study were reviewed as contained in literature. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of 300 and 400 level undergraduate students in the department of Educational Foundation (History Education) in the 2019/2020 academic session. The total population was one hundred and fifty-seven (157) and was taken as the sample size since it is of manageable size. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire titled “Challenges of Undergraduates during teaching practice: A case study of history students, University of Benin, Benin City”. The finding revealed that; Instructional aids constitute a major challenge to teaching practice experience of History Education undergraduates. Factors
such as ill-equipped library, deficit instructional materials and the need to
improvise were identified, it also reveal that supervision constituted a challenge. Factors such as low supervisor-undergraduates ratio was identified as a challenge. However, supervisor being an expert in history, supervisors not showing up on time and non-interactive nature of supervisor were not considered as challenges
such as ill-equipped library, deficit instructional materials and the need to
improvise were identified, it also reveal that supervision constituted a challenge. Factors such as low supervisor-undergraduates ratio was identified as a challenge. However, supervisor being an expert in history, supervisors not showing up on time and non-interactive nature of supervisor were not considered as challenges
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