Self Reflection Report of Teaching Practicum
Preface:
Teacher education programs are designed to develop professionals who are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century classrooms and workplace. To this end, then teacher education program must aim to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes of teachers to prepare them to teach effectively in the schools systems. It is, therefore, argued that the academic program of the teacher education should be coupled with an important and integral component called school -based experiences i.e. practicum which provides students with supervised experiences and help the student teachers to understand the full scope of teachers role. Many have also suggested that these experiences are very powerful in shaping teachers as they are real in contrast to the artificial environment of the tertiary education courses. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to address the experience of my teaching practicum (TSL -507) course under BRAC Institute of languages.
This author is indebted to a lot of personnel for helping him putting up this report in one piece. I would like to thank Dr. Sayeedur Rahman and Prof. Dil Afroze Quader for their support and guidance in making this course a successful one.
I would also like to thank BIL and faculties who are involved with TESOL program for helping me with the report. I would also like to thank Mr. Mohiuddin, Mr. Khurram Mallik, Mr. Jerry Cardoza, Ms. Razia and the entire team of BRAC School program who allowed us to observe their classes and gain invaluable experience. Lastly, I would like to thank the students who attend my classes and helped me gain this unequal experience.
Overview of the course:
The objective of the Teaching Practicum course (TSL-507) is to improve teaching methods and expand professional education skills. These objectives are achieved by giving graduate students multiple opportunities to observe and teach a variety of levels under the guidance of BRAC Institute of language’s faculty. This course integrates
Teacher education programs are designed to develop professionals who are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century classrooms and workplace. To this end, then teacher education program must aim to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes of teachers to prepare them to teach effectively in the schools systems. It is, therefore, argued that the academic program of the teacher education should be coupled with an important and integral component called school -based experiences i.e. practicum which provides students with supervised experiences and help the student teachers to understand the full scope of teachers role. Many have also suggested that these experiences are very powerful in shaping teachers as they are real in contrast to the artificial environment of the tertiary education courses. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to address the experience of my teaching practicum (TSL -507) course under BRAC Institute of languages.
This author is indebted to a lot of personnel for helping him putting up this report in one piece. I would like to thank Dr. Sayeedur Rahman and Prof. Dil Afroze Quader for their support and guidance in making this course a successful one.
I would also like to thank BIL and faculties who are involved with TESOL program for helping me with the report. I would also like to thank Mr. Mohiuddin, Mr. Khurram Mallik, Mr. Jerry Cardoza, Ms. Razia and the entire team of BRAC School program who allowed us to observe their classes and gain invaluable experience. Lastly, I would like to thank the students who attend my classes and helped me gain this unequal experience.
Overview of the course:
The objective of the Teaching Practicum course (TSL-507) is to improve teaching methods and expand professional education skills. These objectives are achieved by giving graduate students multiple opportunities to observe and teach a variety of levels under the guidance of BRAC Institute of language’s faculty. This course integrates