Abstract

• The aim of the research is to study the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice. It was intended to study the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice in Sagaing University of Education. In this research, questionnaire survey method which is one of the descriptive methods was used. The participants in this study were (340) fourth year (second semester) student teachers from Sagaing University of Education. Descriptive statistics was used for the analysis of obtained data. The mean score for the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice in planning was 93.1, the mean score for the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice in instruction was 43.02, the mean score for the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice in assessment was 41.66 and the mean score for the perspective of student teacher on teaching practice in classroom environment was 41.40. The result showed that the mean score for the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice in planning was the highest and the mean score for the perspective of student teachers on teaching practice in classroom environment was the lowest. According to the result, the majority of student teachers possessed moderate level of perspective in their teaching practice. And then, descriptive statistics (percentage) was used to examine the perspective level of the student teachers who had the perspective high, moderate and low. The number of student teachers who possessed high, moderate and low level of perspective were (55), (234) and (51), respectively, in planning. The numbers of students who possessed high, moderate and low level of perspective were (71), (228) and (41), respectively, in instruction. The numbers of student teachers who possessed high, moderate and low level of perspective were (61), (228) and (51), respectively in assessment. The number of student teachers who possessed high, moderate and low level of perspective were (62), (236) and (42), respectively, in classroom environment.