The Perception of Prospective Teachers toward Stakeholders’ Experience in Practicum: The Case of Bahir Dar University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of the summer modality secondary education prospective teachers of Bahir Dar University toward the role execution of student teachers, cooperating teachers and university instructors in prospective teachers’ practicum. With this intention, the research was done employing the descriptive survey research design where both the quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to tackle the research problem. When the quantitative data were collected using questionnaire from 152 prospective teachers, the qualitative data were obtained employing focus group discussion with 20 prospective teachers. Then, the analysis of data collected from prospective teachers about their perception toward the role execution of stakeholders in practicum revealed that prospective teachers and cooperating teachers executed their anticipated roles less than what was expected of them to the extent of statistically significant difference. Nevertheless, the university instructors accomplished their set roles almost as what was foreseen of them.