Teaching practice

Teaching practice is a period that a student-teacher spends in teaching at schools as a part of his or her training. Teaching is a very dynamic and challenging task; therefore, teaching practice is an important component towards becoming a teacher. In this course, through teaching practice, professional traits inculcate in student-teachers and prepare them for the real classroom and school situation. It provides experiences to student teachers in the actual teaching and learning environment. During this teaching practice, a student-teacher is given the opportunity to try the art of teaching in a real-time scenario before actually getting into the real world of the teaching profession. This practical course, as an important tool of learning, provides the chance to the prospective teachers to utilize their learned knowledge and teaching strategies in the practical form by communicating with pupils having individual differences and managing the classroom in order to enrich their teaching experience as well as their attitude towards teaching profession.

Learning outcomes

After completion of this course, Student Teachers will be able to do the following:

1. Practice the different teaching techniques
2. Use different AV-aids during teaching
3. Select a relevant and appropriate methodology with respect to lesson requirement Practice classroom management
4. develop lesson plans
5. Develop assessment tools and AV-aids
6. identify different topics for final lesson plans
7. Develop final lesson plans

Recommended Texts:

1. Norton, P. & Sprague, D. (2001). Technology for teaching.  Boston Allyn & Bacon
2. Feden, P. D., & Vogel, R. M. (2018). Methods of teaching. Boston: McGraw Hill.
3. Rashid, M. (Ed.). (2001). Allied material on teaching strategies. Islamabad: AIOU.