Organization of School Internship in Secondary Teacher Education Institutions A Case Study

Abstract

The Present Study titled, Organization of School Internship in Secondary Teacher Education Institutions: A Case Study is an in-depth case study of different activities organised by Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar during different phases of Internship i.e., pre-, during- and post- internship. To substantiate the study, the perception of different stakeholders was also sought. Purposive sampling method has been adopted in selecting the sample. All the activities of pre-internship, during-internship and post-internship phase are observed. During pre-internship phase, three schools were selected for observation of practices during MCPP. Thirty student-teachers were interviewed, four focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with student-teachers, nineteen school teachers and eight Teacher Educators were interviewed. During Internship phase, three schools were selected purposively for observation of practices during Internship phase. Thirty five student teachers were interviewed, five focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted, thirty two teachers and twelve Teacher-Educators were interviewed. During post internship phase, post-conference session was observed, six Teacher-Educators and eighteen student-teachers were interviewed. Three focus group discussions were conducted. The data were collected with the help of Self-developed Interview Schedules, Observation Schedules and Focus Group Discussion guidelines from the key informants. Data were analysed by using qualitative analysis techniques such as, thick description and triangulation. The major findings of the study are as follows: newlineWhile observing teaching of regular teachers by student-teachers during MCPP, it was found that most of the student teachers were using TLMs during presentation of lesson. But letter size in TLMs was very small and not visible to all. Often, they could not cite suitable examples to explain the concepts. Mostly, they were following lecture-cum-discussion method. Blackboard work was good. However, it was not visible t