Abstract
As the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology focuses on the agenda for free and quality education in all stages of teaching and learning in Sierra Leone, It is obvious that Teachers are at the center of all school activities. To ease the challenges of teachers in teaching, it is important to search for the problems of teachers on teaching practices. This study was conducted to find out some of the challenges that teachers on teaching practice experience in schools in Sierra Leone. The result will help to shed light on the aspect of the training exercise that needs to be improved to increase quality in schools. The study investigated the main challenges that teachers on teaching practice from Freetown Teachers College encounter in Social Studies and Business. Even though teaching practice teachers do their best to enrich students with their wealth of experiences, yet still, they got their obstacles that hinder their ability for effective teaching. The study employs qualitative procedures with a case study design where the main actor’s informant interview, observation focus group discussion and documentary review as the main methods of data collection. The respondents covered, 10 teaching practice teachers, 10 heads of schools, 9 college lecturers and 1 teaching practice coordinator of Freetown Teachers Polytechnic. The result revealed some problems in posting of student for teaching practice to various schools, payment of salaries to teaching practice teachers, school support, teaching methods, classroom environment, and language proficiency.
Highlights
No matter how a teacher is experienced, there are always challenges or obstacles to trample on in the classroom and school
As the researcher was on a two months internship exercise at Freetown Teachers College, he opted to participate in the supervision of students on teaching practice within the East end of Freetown
This study covered a better understanding of the problems that teaching practice teachers experienced during their exercises in schools
Summary
No matter how a teacher is experienced, there are always challenges or obstacles to trample on in the classroom and school. A teacher should ensure that each student in the class is learning and well engaged but rather to make sure that students are in line with the goals of the school. The teacher teaching practice is a traditional training mandate for all students of teacher training college in Sierra Leone. This activity in many students in the teacher education program exposes teachers in teaching a real classroom which allows implementing theoretical knowledge and potentials, previously learned in the teachers training college. Teaching practice generates many challenges such as overcrowded classrooms, students at the various understanding level. As a teacher the profession allows the individual to serve others [5]
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