The Experiences of Student-teachers’ on VirtualSchool Internship Programme: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

The internship is the heart of the teacher education programme. Student teachers understand the role of the teacher in the real situation during the school internship. NCTE (2014) has changed the curriculum and increased the duration of the internship programme as many commissions and committees recommend. As we know, Due to the pandemic situation all colleges and schools were closed. So slowly we adopted online teaching. Student teachers also experienced virtual school internships. So researchers studied the experience of the student teacher in a virtual school internship. This qualitative study also explored the benefits and limitations of virtual school internships and recommendations for the virtual school internship programme. The semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted with a small selected group of final year B.Ed. student teachers at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. The findings of the research will provide rich insights into virtual experiences which in turn will benefit student teachers, school teachers, and educational institutions.