scholarly journals Teaching Practicum in Pre-Service Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Dwiyani Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
University Cooperation ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Process Product

<p>This paper presents a review of the research literature on practicum. Since there have been changes in trends in Teaching Education since the 1960s that also influenced the shift of research topics on practicum, this paper first gives a short review of the research trends in general TE, changing from the teaching process-product paradigm to the investigation of teachers’ mental lives or cognition. Then the actual review will focus on the studies related to the teachers’ beliefs, perspectives, perceptions, understanding, and reasoning, and follows under these topics: student teachers learning, cooperating teachers, and school-university cooperation in the practicum. At the end of this paper, some future studies on teaching practicum are suggested.  </p>

scholarly journals Construction of EFL Student Teachers’ Beliefs about Method: Insights from Postmethod

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Zhengping Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Beliefs ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Student Teachers’ beliefs and their teaching behaviors are interactive and closely related. Student teachers’ any adoption of teaching methods in micro-teaching or teaching practicum is largely hidden behind their beliefs. In this paper, starting with the origin and changes of methods in language teaching method era, the author explains certain terms such as method and postmethod, sorts out the theoretical base of this study which contains postmethod condition and postmethod pedagogy and proposes the idea that postmethod is the heritance, transcendence and development of method. Finally, the author discusses the ways to help student teachers construct their own proper teaching beliefs about method.

Difficulties in Field-Based Observation among Pre-Service Teachers: Implications to Practice Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maripaz C. Abas
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Pre Service Teacher Education ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

<span>Field-based observation has long been a central part of pre-service teacher education in many countries and is crucial for implementing effective practicum of student teachers. T</span><span>his paper focused on the perspectives of graduating pre-service teachers regarding their difficulties </span><span>related to </span><span>administrative support, cooperating teachers, student supervisors, students, peers, assigned tasks and learning environment during their </span><span>17-hour</span><span> field observation </span><span>in selected private and public secondary schools.</span><span> An explanatory sequential mixed-methods research design was adopted utilizing survey questionnaire, Focus Group Interviews, and Key Informant Interview. Quantitative data were obtained from 136 sample respondents through stratified random sampling using proportionate allocation while qualitative data were gathered from 10 pre-service teachers, 10 cooperating teachers, six student supervisors and three school principals who were chosen purposively. Results of descriptive statistical analysis served as  basis  for  the  design  of  qualitative interview and focus group schedules which helped the researcher to  explain, or elaborate on the quantitative results” [1]. Findings of the study showed that pre-service teachers had over-all moderate difficulties during the field observation particularly on students, assigned tasks and learning environment. Findings of the study were substantiated through in-depth discussions of qualitative data. Implications were determined for continued enhancements of the practicum component that can help bridge the theory–practice nexus in pre-service teacher education, and contribute to the development of teachers’ professional competencies</span>

scholarly journals Evaluation of Teaching Practicum at the College of Educational Sciences from the Viewpoints of Student Teachers at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Rima Aboomar ◽  
Sami AlJazi ◽  
Hassan Alhasanat
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Cooperating Teacher ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Practicum Students ◽  
Weekly Meeting ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the teaching practicum at the college of educational science at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU) from student teachers’ viewpoints. Descriptive survey research design was followed, in which 35 student teachers completed a questionnaire. The participants were student teachers who were enrolled in the practicum in the first semester of the 2016/2017 academic year. All the students were majoring in class teacher education. The questionnaire instrument consisted of 40 items that were grouped in four scales that include the roles of practicum supervisor, the roles of cooperating teacher, the roles of cooperating principal, and professional competencies. The results showed that the participants were satisfied with the practicum course. The results showed that the means of the participants’ responses to the questionnaire’s four scales, in descending order, were as the following: professional competencies (M = 4.56, SD=0.43), the roles of practicum supervisor (M = 4.55, SD=.67), the roles of cooperating principal (M = 4.36, SD=.56), and the roles of cooperating teacher (M = 4.28, SD=.62). Based on the findings, it was recommended that the practicum supervisors should provide the practicum students and cooperating teachers and principals with practicum guidebook that shows the responsibilities of each party in the teaching practicum. In addition, cooperating teachers and principals should make sure that the students know about the cooperating school’s system and regulations. Furthermore, the cooperating principal should be aware of the needs of practicum students through holding weekly meeting with them to identify the problems that might face these students during their practicum and to find the appropriate solutions to these problems.

scholarly journals Online ELT Practicum: Views of Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers and Faculty Supervisors

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pınar Babanoğlu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
University Supervisors ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Impact

Teaching practicum is a vital and challenging phase of English Language Teaching (ELT) teacher education in which student teachers experience their first teaching practices In line with the global pandemic status quo, official regulations that leaded educational activities at state primary schools and universities to be carried out online, have also changed the modes and means in the practices and experiences of in-service and pre-service ELT teachers. Therefore, in respect of three participant groups of the practicum process as student teachers, cooperating teachers and university supervisors, it is essential to examine the impact of this new coercive teaching practice system on them. This study attempts to gain insight into the teaching practicum period that ELT student teachers, cooperative teachers and university supervisors cooperatively carried out fully online through English lessons administered by state primary schools. The results elicited by the participants’ views on online practicum revealed that pupilrelated issues like their low attendance and participation in online English lessons and technological problems such as internet access or computer-related malfunctions were compelling factors for student teachers and cooperative teachers. Regarding practicum performances, cooperative teachers confirmed student teachers’ technological skills and the use of a variety of web 2 tools in their practices was found as an opportunity for student teachers to develop their teaching skills.

scholarly journals Online ELT Practicum: Views of Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers and Faculty Supervisors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pınar Babanoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
University Supervisors ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Impact

Teaching practicum is a vital and challenging phase of English Language Teaching (ELT) teacher education in which student teachers experience their first teaching practices In line with the global pandemic status quo, official regulations that leaded educational activities at state primary schools and universities to be carried out online, have also changed the modes and means in the practices and experiences of in-service and pre-service ELT teachers. Therefore, in respect of three participant groups of the practicum process as student teachers, cooperating teachers and university supervisors, it is essential to examine the impact of this new coercive teaching practice system on them. This study attempts to gain insight into the teaching practicum period that ELT student teachers, cooperative teachers and university supervisors cooperatively carried out fully online through English lessons administered by state primary schools. The results elicited by the participants’ views on online practicum revealed that pupilrelated issues like their low attendance and participation in online English lessons and technological problems such as internet access or computer-related malfunctions were compelling factors for student teachers and cooperative teachers. Regarding practicum performances, cooperative teachers confirmed student teachers’ technological skills and the use of a variety of web 2 tools in their practices was found as an opportunity for student teachers to develop their teaching skills.

scholarly journals Giving a Listening Ear: Male Student Teachers’ Experiences and Perspectives of Practicum Supervision

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keriffe Clark ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Practicum Supervision ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Training Programmes

Exploring the minute number of male teachers within the classroom is certainly not a new discourse as teaching has increasingly become a feminised profession. Therefore, as male student teachers take on the challenge of becoming teachers, it is imperative that we listen to them as they recount their supervision experiences. These experiences are significantly influenced and impacted by teacher educators and cooperating teachers who are tasked with the responsibility to provide high quality and effective supervision, especially during teaching practicum. Additionally, acknowledging that to attain positive outcomes attached to student teaching experiences, Hunt et al. (2015) have reasoned that teaching practicum is essential in the process of developing quality teachers. Thus, the quality of supervision male student teachers need is heavily dependent on the capacity and expertise of those who supervise them. However, Slick (as cited in Bates & Burbank, 2008) posited that within teacher training programmes and colleges, student teacher supervision is not highly regarded. The purpose, therefore, of this study was to explore, through a phenomenological qualitative nature, the experiences, and perceptions that three final year male student teachers have of the quality and level of supervision they received from college supervisors and cooperating teachers throughout teaching practicum. The insights shared, therefore, provide a reference point to influence the practice and dispositions of college supervisors and cooperating teachers. Additionally, this study provides a premise to conduct additional studies of male student teachers’ experiences and perceptions of teaching practicum and supervision, especially within the Jamaican context.

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