Navigating online Practice Teaching (PT) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring pre-service teachers’ experiences in Pakistan
Alvi, Effat
Navigating online Practice Teaching (PT) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring pre-service teachers’ experiences in Pakistan - Taylor and Francis : UK , 2024 - p. 371-389 - Journal of Education for Teaching : International Research and Pedagogy Vol. 50(3) .
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced dramatic shifts in the educational landscape. This study explored pre-service teachers’ experiences during a four-week online practice teaching (PT) program in Pakistan amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on an exploratory qualitative research design, it examined reflections from 24 pre-service teachers that were collected before, during, and after the online PT by posting open-ended questions in Google Classroom. Data were analysed using inductive and comparative analysis strategies. Findings revealed that pre-service teachers’ apprehensions regarding online PT were due to their limiting beliefs, resistance to change, unwillingness to engage, concerns about navigating their teaching presence in a less-authentic situation, and pedagogical and logistical challenges. However, systematic observations, critical reflections, and peer pre-service teachers were crucial to creating cognitive, teaching, social, and technological presence during online PT. Finally, suggestions for reconfiguring the existing models of PT for future educational practice are presented.
COVID-19
Navigating online Practice Teaching (PT) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring pre-service teachers’ experiences in Pakistan - Taylor and Francis : UK , 2024 - p. 371-389 - Journal of Education for Teaching : International Research and Pedagogy Vol. 50(3) .
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced dramatic shifts in the educational landscape. This study explored pre-service teachers’ experiences during a four-week online practice teaching (PT) program in Pakistan amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on an exploratory qualitative research design, it examined reflections from 24 pre-service teachers that were collected before, during, and after the online PT by posting open-ended questions in Google Classroom. Data were analysed using inductive and comparative analysis strategies. Findings revealed that pre-service teachers’ apprehensions regarding online PT were due to their limiting beliefs, resistance to change, unwillingness to engage, concerns about navigating their teaching presence in a less-authentic situation, and pedagogical and logistical challenges. However, systematic observations, critical reflections, and peer pre-service teachers were crucial to creating cognitive, teaching, social, and technological presence during online PT. Finally, suggestions for reconfiguring the existing models of PT for future educational practice are presented.
COVID-19