ProspectiveTeachersProclivitiesinRegardto Teaching Practice as Part of Teacher Training

Abstract

Teaching practice occupies a key position in initial teacher education programme. Teaching practice provides the prospective teacher with practical experience in a school to put theories into practice. In order to achieve the standards required for qualified teacher status, a student teacherisrequiredtoundertaketeachingpracticeatleastone schoolterminKenyahenceteachingpracticeis anobligatory requirement, transformative experience and of great importance to trainee teacher. During the teaching practice the student teacher applies the fundamental procedures, techniques and methods of teaching, even the philosophy of education learned theoretically in the classroom. Thus the trainee teacher undergoes practical use of teaching methods, strategies, techniques and exercise of different activities of daily school life. The purpose of the study was to investigate the student teacher readiness for teaching practice and experience during teaching practice. The study also explored the student teachers disposition of teaching profession after teaching practice. The study adopted descriptive research design. The participants were purposively sampled from fourth year Bachelor of Education students from universities inKenyawhereasampleof132studentswasused.Thefinding ofthisresearchrevealedthatteacherpreparationisadequate, studentteachersfacechallenges duringteachingpracticeand that majority intend to join teaching profession after the course. The findings of the study may provide added knowledgetoteachertrainerstoprepare,adjustandimprove on their primary responsibility of preparing the prospective teachers.Thefindingsmayhelpteachereducationinstitutions tounderstanddiversity, intensity,complicacy andrichness of teaching practice as an integral component of teacher education programme in order to provide quality and enriching teaching practice session to train competitive educators.real school situation. Since teaching practice is an immanent component of teacher training and play a significant role in the preparation of prospective teachers thenitmustbedesignedtoenablethestudentteachertoac-