Challenges of Practice Teaching Faced by Prospective Teachers A Review of Empirical Studies

Practice teaching is a practical training for the prospective teachers to gather real setting experiences about the uses of teaching method, teaching strategies, teaching techniques, teaching principles and teaching aids. A trainee undergoes different experiences and practices during the practice teaching course. In the present situation, the prospective teachers are facing few challenges during the teaching practice. So, this paper has been aimed to find out the challenges of practice teaching. In this study, the researcher conducted a review technique related to practice teaching to explore the challenges of teaching practice among the prospective teachers. This study found that most of the prospective teachers indicated that practice teaching was ineffective in improving their teaching skill and few prospective teachers indicated that they were not benefitted much from the practice teaching. There is needed for the responsible authorities to review the procedures for carrying out practice teaching course in order to improve the quality of teachers. The study was enlightened that there are many issues of practice teaching related to the preparation of the lesson planning, classroom management, proper teaching skills, negative attitude of administration, school facilities and community barriers. To conclude the study, the researcher recommended to upgrading the strategies to overcome the issues of practice teaching. Upgraded strategies should be used for making teaching learning process more effective during practice teaching. This paper highlights the significant role of practice teaching course among the prospective teacher to improving the teaching skill. Suvendu Ray | Dr. Santosh Mukherjee | Dr. Deb Prasad Sikdar "Challenges of Practice-Teaching Faced by Prospective Teachers: A Review of Empirical Studies" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-1 , February 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52689.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/52689/challenges-of-practiceteaching-faced-by-prospective-teachers-a-review-of-empirical-studies/suvendu-ray