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Teacher Education Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 21: Evaluation of Internship in Teaching

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
21.1 Evaluation of Student Teaching
21.2 Summary
21.3 Keywords
21.4 Review Questions
21.5 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to explain the evaluation of student teaching internship

Introduction
An evaluation of student-teaching is an essential aspect of the programme. There should be a
continuous evaluation or daily evaluation of student-teaching practice. It has the two purpose (i)
to assess the development of teaching competencies and (ii) To provide the feedback for further
improvement. This evaluation should be comprehensive. The evaluation should be planned to
realize the objectives of student-teaching practice. The merits and demerits of internship are also
a important feature to know because student teacehr shall improve his/her studies to avoid
previous problems. In this unit we will discuss about it.

21.1 Evaluation of Student–Teaching

Evaluation of Student-Teaching is an important aspect of Student-Teaching programme. As it is
on the basis of Evaluation find out the magnitude of teaching competence in a student teacher as
well as his strengths and weaknesses. This type of information will help the teacher-educators to
take decisions about the workability or effectiveness of organized activities, that how far these
activities can fulfill objectives of the teacher education. Student-Teaching of on the basis of the
information, objectives can be achieved. This makes evaluation to be an integral part of the
whole teaching programme.
As regards the scope-of evaluation of Student-Teaching, it includes an assessment of student teacher’s
performance in classroom as well as his performances in initiating and organizing outside activities
which include co-curricular activities related to general school activities and activities related to
evaluation, guidance and other practical aspects of the teacher’s work.
As regards, its procedure, (1) Evaluation can be done by the student himself, other fellow students
observing the lesson and the supervisor or guide. (2) It is required that whoever does the
evaluation should keep in view the objectives of a lesson unit as well as the different aspects to
be evaluated. While observing classroom lesson and while evaluating a lesson, a person must
observe the whole lesson at all while evaluating a lesson, a person must observe the whole
lesson at all stages. He must also evaluate other traits of the student which may help him in the
conduct of the lesson.
During all the stages of a lesson, the supervisor should watch how skillful the teacher provides
the learning situation to the pupils and how to apply the opportunities that the, pupils’ responses

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