Evaluation of Practice Schools and Teachers within the scope of Teaching Practice Lesson through Web Diaries by Pre-service Teachers

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate practice schools and teachers through web diaries and teaching practice scale by pre-service teachers who attended pre-service teacher training certificate program which was put into practice in 2021-2022. The research was carried out with the exploratory sequential design, one of the mixed research designs. The study's qualitative data were collected from 30 pre-service teachers through structured web diaries. The quantitative data were obtained from 200 pre-service teachers using the "Opinion Scale on School Experience and Teaching Practice Course". As a result of the research, the pre-service teachers welcome the weight of the new pre-service teacher training certificate program put into practice. The pre-service teachers stated that they could easily interact with their teachers in practice schools and the lecturers from whom they took theory courses, and they could benefit from their experiences. This gives an idea about the effectiveness and sustainability of the new pre-service teacher training certificate program.