Issues and Concerns Faced by Undergraduate Language Student Teachers during Teaching Practicum Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Ali, Mohd Sofi; Othman, Abdul Jalil; Karim, Abdul Faruk Abdul
Titel	Issues and Concerns Faced by Undergraduate Language Student Teachers during Teaching Practicum Experiences
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2 (2014) 3, S.22-30 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-3024
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Teachers; Student Teaching; Practicums; Mentors; Cooperating Teachers; Supervisors; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Teacher Expectations of Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Undergraduate Students; Time Management; Secondary School Students; Questionnaires; Interviews; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; Co-operation; Cooperation; Teacher; Teachers; Kooperation; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Zeitmanagement; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This study examined specific issues and concerns faced by Bachelor of Education student teachers majoring in Language and Literature during their 12-week teaching practicum experience. Specifically, three main areas of concerns were examined. They were: (1) specific issues and concerns related to the implementation of teaching practicum faced by the student teachers; (2) Effect of interactions with the mentor teachers and faculty supervisor on the effectiveness of the practicum experience; and (3) the expectations of the mentor teacher and faculty supervisors on the performance of the student s during their practicum experience. The findings indicated that student teachers were concerned over a series of instructional, administration and student management issues during their practicum experience. Besides, the interactions with their mentor teachers and faculty supervisors, and their expectations of their student teachers seemed to have affected the performance of the student teachers during the practicum experience. The concerns they expressed in study therefore were genuine and they must be duly addressed by the faculty supervisors, mentor teachers, faculty management, faculty curriculum developers and school management. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. Web site: http://moj-es.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01