Abstract

Pre-service teacher training is the first phase where B.Ed. students acquire attitude, skills and capabilities to be a better teacher. School internship is an indispensable part of teacher training courses. This paper highlights the importance of school internship. The data were collected using self-made tool by the researcher. The sampling of this study were 120 college of education students. The method was survey method. The results of the research states that the college of education students. The training programme offers an actual chance to the B.Ed. students to refine and improve their teaching skills with effective communication. Also, it states that during the internship programme students face difficulty in classroom management, preparing the lesson plans and teaching lessons. The result also shows that there is no significance difference in the attitude towards the internship programme among college of education students with respect to gender, subject and locality. This shows that the internship programme develops both positive attitude as well as the attitude of facing some challenges among all students.

Keywords: Attitude, Internship Programme, Challenges.

[1] Assistant Professor in Education, St. Justin’s College of Education, Madurai.