A study of the perceptions of the student teachers, college staff and school staff on the objectives of school practice in teacher training colleges in Malaysia

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1980
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Kim, Phaik Lah
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In the professional training of teachers, school practice is considered to be an important aspect of training. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there were any differences or similarities in the perceptions of student teachers, college staff and school staff when considering the objectives of school practice. It was hypothesised that there were no significant .differences in the perceptions of student teachers, college staff and school staff when considering the objectives of school practice.The findings of this study seem to support the hypothesis that there were no significant differences in the perceptions of the three groups regarding the objectives of school practice and the data seem to imply that the lists of objectives and rank order of objectives would be useful to guide curriculum decisions regarding school practice. Although the hypothesis of this study was supported by the data, detailed analysis and discussion seem to reveal that there were differences of perceptions that might be due to different needs, roles and role expectations of the different groups of people in school practice.This study suggested that the lists of objectives and its rank order would be useful for selecting learning experiences for student teachers, and the study of the differences in the needs and role perceptions would help to clarify the issues and problems of school practice. The study also gave some suggestions regarding the aspects of self evaluation by student teachers, supervision and assessment by college staff and the cooperation between college and school.
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Teachers training
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