• OLUCHI QUEEN ONWUDINJO
• Chukwuemeka joseph Chukwu
• Beatrice Eze
• Chibuike Ohanaka
• Peter Uzosike

The experimental study was done in 5 selected south-eastern Nigerian public universities with educational programmes. It had 2 purposes: (1) To compare the mean-scores of pre-tests and post-tests of the would-be teachers in the area and (2) To compare the mean-scores of the male and female would-be teachers that participated. The population was 8665(mixed sex). It comprised 200-level-would-be-teachers from education faculties. Sample was 382, selected using: Yaro-Yamane formula, random and purposive sampling techniques. Two research questions and 2 null hypotheses guided the study. The 382 enthusiastic students were divided into 2 equal groups (A=Control and B=Experiment) and separated to avoid interference and 4 professional teachers were informed and hired to avoid bias. Group ‘B’ was numbered, pre-tested, just as ‘A’ but only exposed to initial practical classroom management skills to certain acceptable and satisfactory level before dismissal. Group ‘A’ was not exposed to the skills but subjected to post-test just as ‘B’ after pre-test within 2 Weeks. During data collection, the test scores (test re-test scores) were used. However, during validation, 100 students (200-level-would-be-teachers) from non-selected universities in the area were used and divided into 2 as done above. Validation was done by 4 experts (2 in measurement & evaluation, and 2 in educational management & planning). The reliability indices were; (1) t-values (4.1423, 5.1680, 6.1265 and 8.2920). (2) t-values were (6.1300, 6.1975, 8.1532 and 9.3068). Methods of data analyses were: t-test, and ANOVA with SPSS. Results showed that: there were positive mean differences with table (1) t-values (25.633, 27.962, 33.884 and 78.782) and table (2) t-values (26.372, 26.570, 28.266 and 29.601). The researchers concluded that for the university systems with educational programmes to produce world-class educational graduates who can favourably meet the educational and leadership needs of the country, the concerned lecturers must have a change of teaching strategy and expose the 200level educational students to initial practical classroom management skills before projecting them for micro-teaching exercise prior to teaching practices in the universities. Finally, the recommendation was that the university managements should have a monitoring committee for ensuring that the task is dully executed.

Would-be teachers, classroom management, initial practical classroom management expositions of would-be teachers, micro-teaching performances and Nigerian South Eastern Public Uiniversitiesp

"Would-be teachers’ initial practical classroom management expositions on micro-teaching performances in selected Nigerian South Eastern Public Universities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.b590-b597, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110165.pdf

"Would-be teachers’ initial practical classroom management expositions on micro-teaching performances in selected Nigerian South Eastern Public Universities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppb590-b597, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110165.pdf