The level of specialized preparation and professional (educational) preparation of student teachers majoring in mathematics in the Faculty of Education, Ibb University, and its relationship to their attitudes towards teaching mathematics

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the level of both the specialized preparation and the educational preparation of student teachers majoring in mathematics in the Faculty of Education, Ibb University. It also tends to identify their attitudes towards teaching mathematics, and revealing the relationship between the level of students in each of the specialized preparation, and the educational preparation, their attitudes towards teaching mathematics. The study also identifies the difference between students in each of the levels of specialized preparation, educational preparation, and the attitude towards teaching mathematics according to the variable of gender and academic level. The study sample has consisted of 97 student teachers and a female teacher from the third and fourth level students, Department of Mathematics, College of Education, Ibb University. The study has showed a weak level of students' achievement in the specialized preparation courses. The level of students' achievement in the educational preparation courses was good, but not high. Students' attitudes towards teaching mathematics did not reach the educationally acceptable level.