USE OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ MICROTEACHING COURSE IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the use of flipped classroom instructional method for the 
implementation of Pre-service teachers’ microteaching course in public universities in 
Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research 
design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 318 lecturers from the 
faculties of Education in the two public universities in Anambra State. The sample size 
for the study was 60 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. Questionnaires titled “Use of Flipped Classroom Instructional 
Method for Implementation of Pre-Service Teachers’ Microteaching Course in Public 
Universities (UFCIMIPSTMTC)'' was used as instrument for data collection. The 
instrument was constructed by the researcher, which was structured on a four-point rating 
scale of Very High Extent (VHE), High Extent (HE), Low Extent (LE) and Very Low 
Extent (VLE) for research question one and Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree 
(D) and Strongly Disagree (SD) for research question two. The instrument was validated 
by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was obtained using Cronbach Alpha, 
which yielded the coefficient value of 0.82. Data obtained were analysed using mean. 
The findings of the study revealed that flipped classroom instructional method is used in 
the implementation of pre-service teachers’ microteaching course in public universities, 
but to a low extent. It further revealed that the flipped classroom instructional method has 
a lot of benefits in the implementation of pre-service teachers’ microteaching course in 
public universities. It was recommended among others that faculty of Education lecturers 
in particular and other lecturers in general should be encouraged to adopt the use of 
flipped classroom instructional method in teaching the students for effective instructional 
delivery.