Book chapter 2025

School internship an experiential pedagogy teacher trainees' perception on the effectiveness of the B.Ed. internship programme

AU
Ajithkumar, Usha
 NN
Navaneethakrishnan, N.
 JS
Jenkwao, Sawien
Navigating the Global Workforce Through Bold Workplace Learning and Professional Development
Journal · pp. 1-18
Abstract

The study assessed the effectiveness of school internship programme as perceived by the teacher trainees of four-year integrated teacher education programme. The study used a quantitative method to collect data from 60teacher trainees, while in the pre final and final year of the training programme. Two adequately structured questionnaires, on perception of the effectiveness and advantages of school internship programme were administered. Descriptive analysis and paired t-tests were used for data analysis. The paired t-test result revealed significant differences in the perception. The qualitative analysis of the interviews is also added in the findings. The study reveals the importance of school internship programme in teacher training course. © 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

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Teaching Curricula Personnel training Apprentices Education programmes qualitative analysis Quantitative method Training program Teacher education Descriptive analysis Internship programs T-tests Teacher trainees Teacher training course
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SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, TN, India
Metharath University, Bangkok, Thailand
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