Analysis of teaching practice assessment methods for pre-service teachers

Syaiful Anwar Yahya

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Type :	article
Subject :	L Education (General)
ISSN :	2222-6990
Main Author :	Syaiful Anwar Yahya
Additional Authors :	Rosnidar Mansor Mohd Hassan Abdullah
Title :	Analysis of teaching practice assessment methods for pre-service teachers

Place of Production :	HRMARS
Year of Publication :	2017

Abstract :

During the teaching practice, assessment of pre-service teachers’ performance by the institution supervisors and school mentors are the key elements during their placement. The goal of this paper focuses on the assessment methods used nowadays to evaluate the preservice teachers during teaching practice. This article adopted the narrative overviews’ method which also known as a unsystematic narrative review that comprehensively syntheses previously published article journal on teaching practice assessment method. From the literature that has been studied, the were two categories of assessment methods and eight type of assessment methods that can be used to evaluate pre-service teacher during teaching practice. Discussion of the strengths and limitations of each assessment methods for teaching practice during will be discussed in the final part of this paper. This article has the potential to contribute to the field of education. Specifically, this research will contribute to the assessment of teaching practice’s field because there is less literature available locally on assessment for teaching practice.

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