“Evaluating the Effectiveness of a School Internship”

Abstract

Internship plays a pivotal role in completion of professional courses. As such it is also included in teacher education course. It provides direct experiences to trainees on various roles of a teacher including teaching and developing command over the subject. It also provides an opportunity to integrate the theoretical knowledge on strategies and methods and instructional aids to try out in the real life situation. The investigator tried to reflect and evaluate the effectiveness of internship program based on the teacher trainees’ opinion and feedback. The main objective of the paper is to understand the mindset of trainees through the internship; to realize and prepare them to perform the duties of a teacher in the school; to find tentative solutions to the constraints faced.