An Attempt of “Classroom Teaching Exercises” as a Preliminary of “Teaching-Practices” in the Teacher Training Course in Sugino Women's College

Abstract

  We have “Classroom Teaching Exercises” as a part of the teacher training programs at Sugino Women's college. this classroom teaching exercises are conducted for about a week in February in the latter semester in the third year grade. Approximately 50 students take part in the exercises. Trios of students are formed and each of them give a simulated lesson for about 50 minutes. They are given guidance by junior or high school teachers actually in service as well as faculty members of the college. All the teachers and faculty members are engaged in the exercises from the first of the preparatory stage and they give guidance to the participating students by making detailed comments after the exercises.

  The present report is intended to give an account of the objectives, preparatory steps, substance and achievement of the exercises. The principal objective is for the students to learn teaching methods in abroad sense, and the exercises are an attempt for them to conduct their own active lessons in future. One of the features of the exercises is that the participating students not only conduct classroom lessons but they share with teachers insistence various duties other than instructions(such as home room observation and guidance). In addition to the advancement of techniques of the participating students' the exercises have, as one of their secondary effects, provided them with opportunities to have more consciousness of “teaching practices” required by the Teachers Licence Law. However, there remain many points for future studies in the exceeding, which many well be described as being still in a stage of trails and errors.

  One the occasion of presenting this report, we intend to continue to study what teacher training should be and problems it should solve, with a view to improving teacher training methods.