SYNTHESIZING AI-POWERED TOOLS IN CURRICULUM DELIVERY OF MICROTEACHING COURSE IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Synthesizing, AI-Powered tools, Curriculum delivery, Microteaching and Public universities.Abstract
Microteaching is one of the core courses in all teacher training institutions, which is designed to
prepare and equip student teachers with the essential competencies needed to face the complex and
challenging work of teaching profession. Cognizant of the fact that the world has rapidly become
digitalized; the study investigated synthesizing of AI-Powered tools in the curriculum delivery of
Microteaching course in public universities in Anambra State. Three research questions guided the
study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 312
lecturers from the faculties of Education in the two public universities. The sample size for the study
was 68 lecturers obtained from two out of the 13 departments in the Faculties of Education in the two
public universities using multi-stage sampling of purposive and simple random techniques. A self
structured questionnaire titled “Synthesizing AI-powered tools in Curriculum Delivery of
Microteaching Course in Public Universities Questionnaire (SAIPTCDMTCPU)” was used as
instrument for data collection, which was structured on a four-point rating scale and was validated by
three experts. The reliability index of the instrument was 0.78 using Cronbach Alpha. The statistical
measure used for data analysis was Mean. The findings of the study revealed that synthesizing AI
Powered tools in curriculum delivery of Microteaching course in the public universities is to a low
extent. It further revealed that there are a lot of challenges in synthesizing AI-Powered tools in
curriculum delivery of Microteaching course but with inestimable values to educational system. It was
recommended among others that, lecturers in Faculty of Education specifically and other lecturers
should be encouraged to synthesize AI-Powered tools in curriculum delivery as it has been proved to
be invaluable in training students in today’s computerized world.
