The Road to Teaching
Keywords:
principle of narrative, practice teaching, social constructivismAbstract
This study attempted to explore the lived experiences of teacher interns during practice teaching using the qualitative research approach. Eight participants were recruited using snowballing technique. Data collection was done through interview and document examination. The researchers adopted Corbin and Strauss’s (1990) coding procedures (open coding, axial coding, and selective coding) in mapping out the concepts along with social constructivism and the principle of narrative as analytical lenses. The data triangulation method was employed to do data saturation and validation of results. The findings of the study reveal that there are four dimensions of teacher interns’ experiences: I-need-tobe-ready-for-this; So-this-is-how-things-aredone; I-know-I-can; and, Come-to-think-of-it. Moreover, the study also reveals that teacher interns possess three core values—Integrity, Perseverance, and Discernment—which they found useful in going through the practice teaching program.References
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