TEACHER TRAINEES’ ANXIETY TOWARDS TEACHING PRACTICE
Abstract
Practical teaching plays a fundamental role in preparing teacher trainees for their pre-teaching exposure as teaching profession is often revolved with the feeling of tension and nervousness. Many researchers have found that teacher trainees experience anxiety or anxiousness during their practical teaching which affected their performance. This paper examines a research conducted among 20 teacher trainees using the Student-Teacher Anxiety Scale (1) to determine their anxiety level based on gender. The factors being measured in the questionnaires include classroom management, teaching planning, teaching skills, language skills, school environment and staff and finally self-efficacy. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science Version 24.0 for frequency, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The results of the study show significant differences were found among teacher trainees based on gender for classroom management, teaching skills, teaching planning, school environment and staff. However, no significant differences were discovered for teaching planning and self-efficacy among teacher trainees.
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