Teacher Education : An Analytical Approach to Internship Practices Around the World

This volume analyses how teaching internships that support teacher education programmes are conducted across the globe. Teaching internships are important learning experiences in teacher training programmes – a core experiential component that enables teachers-intraining to acquire skills in practical setups.

The book takes readers through various aspects of teaching internships. Extending its application to both national and international teacher education programmes, to include teacher training in elementary, primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, the volume discusses various existing teaching internship models, important guidelines and best practices, assessment practices, typical challenges as well as future opportunities for effective teaching internships. It also shares expertise, insights and know-how from scholars around the world on planning and executing excellent internships for these programmes.

Drawn from expert research, this book will be of interest to students, teachers and researchers of education, teacher education, sociology of education, and politics of education. It will also be useful for teacher trainees, academicians, teacher educators, policymakers, school teachers, curriculum developers, teacher training institutes and universities offering teacher education programmes.

G.S. Prakasha is Associate Professor at the School of Education, Christ University Central campus, Bangalore, India. He has 20 years of teaching and research experience in education. His research interest areas are teacher education, educational technology, teaching and learning, assessment, evaluation and higher education. He has published research articles in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. He conducts quantitative data-analysis workshops and delivers lectures on research and publication.

Anthony Kenneth is a lecturer at Jyoti Nivas Pre-University College, Bangalore, India. An avid researcher in the field of education. His research interests are teacher education, equity in education, STEM education and adolescent education. He has attended and presented research papers at various conferences and has also published articles.