REVISED MANUAL

LONG TERM TEACHING

PRACTICE

CODE No: 8658

Department of Secondary Teacher Education

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
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 COURSE TEAM

Chairperson STED
Dr. Naveed Sultana

Course Development Coordinator

Dr. Sidra Rizwan

Course Team: Dr. Sidra Rizwan

Assistant Professor

Dr. Munazza Ambreen

Assistant Professor

Writers: Dr. Sidra Rizwan

Dr. Munazza Ambreen

Dr. Tooba Saleem

Reviewer: Dr. Naveed Sultana

Editor: Fazal Karim

Course Coordinator: Dr. Sidra Rizwan

Layout: Asrar Ul Haque Malik

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 CONTENTS

1. Course Description............................................................................. 1

2. Course Learning Outcomes................................................................ 1

3. Components of Long-Term Teaching Practice .................................. 1

4. Assessment......................................................................................... 4

5. Workshop ........................................................................................... 4

6. Teaching Practicum ........................................................................... 6

7. Schedule of Teaching Practicum ....................................................... 7

8. Final Lessons ..................................................................................... 7

9. Appendix I, Student Bio Data Form (Workshop) .............................. 11

10. Appendix II, Workshop Report.......................................................... 12

11. Appendix III, Result Report of Students............................................ 13

12. Appendix IV, Teaching Practicum Site Approval Form ................... 14

13. Appendix V, Teaching Practicum Letter ........................................... 15

14. Appendix VI, Form for Final Lesson & Presentation ........................ 16

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1. Course Description

This course involves field experience for trainee teachers in a classroom/school setting.
This course provides opportunities to trainee teachers for classroom teaching/school-based
experiences. Besides classroom teaching, this experience will also assist trainee teachers
in learning classroom management skills. This course consists of a workshop of 03 days
duration and teaching practicum of 08 weeks duration. Teaching practicum requires
trainee teachers to spend 240 hours in a school during 08 weeks of teaching practicum.
The trainee teacher will work 05 hours per day in the school during 08 weeks of teaching
practicum. Site approval form for the school, where a prospective teacher wants to
perform teaching practicum, must be submitted for approval to respective regional center
of the Allama Iqbal Open University. The submission of Site Approval Form for approval
of practicum school must be completed prior to the start of teaching practicum. The
respective regional center of the University will issue a teaching practicum letter to
trainee teachers in the name of the head of that school. The purpose of this letter would
be to facilitate trainee teachers getting permission for teaching practicum in the school.

2. Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of Long-Term Teaching Practice, the trainee teacher would be able to:
Collaborate with teachers at the school for establishing professional relationships.
Reflect on teaching practice.
Develop lesson plans for teaching using appropriate instructional methods and
techniques.
Implement lesson plans for effectively delivering the content to students.
Identify the learning needs of students.
Establish learning environment to meet the cognitive, affective and psycho motor
needs of children.
Utilize appropriate learning assessment techniques.

3. Components of Long-Term Teaching Practice

Long Term Teaching Practice consists of the following components:
Workshop of 03 days duration
Teaching practicum of 08 weeks duration
02 Final lessons
The record of all the lesson plans performed by trainee teachers and proof of
attendance record during teaching practicum.

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 4. Assessment
Final lessons and lesson plans will contribute towards assessment of trainee teacher
during this course. Passing marks in Long Term Teaching Practice are 50%. The passing
marks in final lesson and lesson plans components are also 50%. The percentage for various
components is as follow:

Evaluation Scheme of Long-Term Internship

A. Workshop Duration 03 days

Attendance 10
Draft 4 lesson Plans (4x10) 40
Development of Instructional Aids 30
Peer group presentation of two Lessons (10+10) 20
Total Marks 100

B. Teaching Practice Eight Weeks

1. 40 Lesson Plans and Teaching 40
2. Two Final Lessons (30 + 30) 60
Total Marks 100

Break up of Marks of Attendance:

95% above 10
90-94% 9
85-89% 8
80-84% 7
Below 80% attendance does not qualify.

5. Workshop
Workshop is a mandatory part of Long-Term Teaching Practice. Attending workshop is
compulsory to pass the course of Long-Term Teaching Practice. The purpose of the
workshop is to equip trainee teachers with the strategies, skills and techniques for
effective teaching practicum. The workshop will be for 03 days with 05 hours duration per
day. It carries 10 marks for attendance during the workshop.

Workshop will be conducted before teaching practicum. The workshop includes training
on components like:
Lesson planning
Lesson presentation
Development of AV aid/artwork
Practical issues of teaching and learning in the classroom
Preparing lesson plans.

Workshop - 30 hours of work

• 15 hours for face-to-face interaction for lesson planning practice and presentation

• 15 hours for home tasks related to lesson planning and AV aids etc. during
workshop days.
Workshop Schedule
Day Activity Responsibility Time Duratio
01 Session-I: Lesson Planning & its Resource Person 02:00 p.m. to n
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Components 02.55 p.m. Minutes
Session II: Development of Low Tutor, Supervisor 02.55 p.m. to 55
Cost/ No Cost Material 03.50 p.m. Minutes
Session III: Use of Internet Resource Person 03.50 p.m.to 55
on Portable 04.45 p.m. Minutes
Devices as AV Aids
BREAK 04.45 p.m. to 25
5.10 p.m. Minutes
Session IV: Exercise on Resource Person 05:10 p.m. to 55
Development & Use of AV 06:05 p.m. Minutes
Aids
Session V: Exercise on Tutor, Supervisor(s) & 06:05 p.m. to 55
Development of Trainee 07:00 p.m. Minutes
02 Low Cost/
Session No CostPlanning,
I: Lesson Material Teachers
Tutor, Supervisor(s) & 02:00 p.m. to 55
Discussion Trainee 02.55 p.m. Minutes
Session II: of
& Queries Lesson Planning &
Trainee Resource
Teachers Person 02.55 p.m. to 55
Presentation
Teachers by Trainee 03.50 p.m. Minutes
TeachersIII: Lesson Planning &
Session Resource Person 03.50 p.m.to 55
Presentation by Trainee Teachers 04.45 p.m. Minutes
BREAK 04.45 p.m. to 25
5.10 p.m. Minutes
Session IV: Lesson Planning & Tutor, Supervisor(s) & 05:10 p.m. to 55
Presentation by Trainee Trainee 06:05 p.m. Minutes
TeachersV: Lesson Planning &
Session Teachers Person
Resource 06:05 p.m. to 55
Presentation by Trainee Teachers 07:00 p.m. Minutes
03 Session I: Presentation by Trainee Tutor, Supervisor(s) & 02:00 p.m. to 55
Teachers (5-6 minutes for each Trainee 02.55 p.m. Minutes
Lesson)
Session II: Lesson Tutor, Supervisor(s) &
Teachers 02.55 p.m. to 55
Presentation by Trainee Trainee 03.50 p.m. Minutes
TeachersIII:
Session (5-6 minutes for
Lesson Teachers
Tutor, Supervisor(s) & 03.50 p.m.to 55
each Lesson)by Trainee
Presentation Trainee 04.45 p.m. Minutes
Teachers & Discussion (5-6
BREAK Teachers 04.45 p.m. to 25
minutes for each Lesson) 5.10 p.m. Minutes
Session IV: Lesson Presentation Tutor, Supervisor(s) & 05:10 p.m. to 55
by Trainee 06:05 p.m. Minutes
Trainee V:
Session Teachers
Lesson& Tutor, Supervisor(s) &
Teachers 06:05 p.m. to 55
Presentation by Trainee
Discussion (5-6 minutes for Trainee 07:00 p.m. Minutes
Teachers &
each Lesson) Discussion (5-6 Teachers
minutes for each Lesson)

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6. Teaching Practicum
The trainee teacher would be present at teaching practicum school from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. (from opening to closing time of the school) spending at least 05 hours/day at the
teaching practicum site. Every week, the trainee teacher will gradually take more
responsibilities thus leading to assuming full range of responsibilities in 7th and 8th week
of teaching practicum. Attendance of trainee teacher must be maintained on daily basis
by the school at teaching practicum school.

7. Schedule of Teaching Practicum

A general plan of teaching practicum is given below. The tutor, cooperating teacher and
the trainee teacher must ensure to follow this plan.

Week Tasks to be Performed

01 ✓ Awareness about school resources, school records, community
relationships, discipline procedures and policies
02 ✓ Interaction with schoolt e a c h e r and student(s) to gain information about
the working of the school.
✓ Observing the practice of schoolteacher for teacher-student interaction and
lesson delivery.
03 ✓ Working on tasks assigned by school administration/cooperating teacher
i.e. lesson-planning, copy checking, test development, guiding a
group of students, invigilation, or paper-checking.
04 ✓ Co-teaching lessons with a teacher at school for one subject every day.
05 ✓ Performing duties as a helper teacher for the rest of the day throughout the
week.
06 ✓ Assuming the responsibility for lesson planning
✓ Teaching and assessment of one subject (full lesson) throughout the week
✓ Performing duties as a helper teacher for the rest of the day throughout
the week.
07 ✓ Assuming the responsibility for lesson planning
✓ Teaching and assessment of three core subjects (full lesson) throughout
the week (Maths, Urdu, English, Islamiat, Science, Social Studies etc.)
✓ Performing duties as a helper teacher for the rest of the day throughout
the week.
08 Continue to assume the responsibility for lesson planning.
Teaching and assessment of three core subjects (full lesson) throughout the
week while carrying out the various teaching and nonteaching activities under
the supervision of cooperating teacher at the school.

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8. Final Lessons
At the end of teaching practicum, the trainee teacher would be required to prepare two final
lessons and present it before the panel. The panel will consist of a tutor, cooperating teacher,
and expert(s). The marks allocated to trainee teacher during final lessons will add up in
his/her final score for the course “Long Term Teaching Practice”. Therefore, successful
presentation of two final lessons is compulsory for a trainee teacher to pass the course.

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SAMPLE LESSON PLAN

Name of the Teacher: Class: 9

Subject: General Science No. of Students: 30
Duration of the Lesson: 45 min. Date: ..........................................
Topic of the Lesson: Environment

General Objectives:
1. To know about the importance of the environment.
2. To execute various steps for keeping environment clean.
3. To identify the importance of living organisms in the
environment.

Specific Objectives:
1. To define the term ‘Environment’.
2. To enumerate the living and nonliving components of
environment.
3. To explain the relationship between the living beings of
the environment.
4. To exemplify the importance of various components of
environment for one another.

Teaching Method: Lecture-cum-inductive/deductive Method

AV Aids: Blackboard, Chalk, Textbook, Chart, Pictures of living and non-living things.

Previous Knowledge:
1. What is the difference between living and non-living
things?
2. How many types of living things are there?
3. Give examples of non-living things?
4. What do we obtain from the sun?
5. What is the nature of light and energy?
6. Can life exist without water?
7. What do living things need to live?

Announcing the topic: Today, we are going to learn about “Environment”

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Introduction:
Give two minutes to students to notice and tell various living and non-living things in the
classroom and the school. Write down the names told by students on the blackboard.
Are all these things present in our home? Yes, nearly at all places, the various living and
non-living things together make up the environment.

Presentation:
Now show a chart to students with the following main elements and pictures of living and
non-living things.

Figure 1: Components of Environment

Question: What are the main components of environment?

Now tell about the importance of plants in the environment. Plants prepare food on which
other living things depend. Plants are called producers. Now draw the diagram of food
chain and explain to students about the inter-dependence of various living things on each
other. In the environment, energy travels from green plants to herbivores (animals eating
plants) then to carnivores (animals eating animals) and finally to omnivores (animals
who eat both plants and animals).

Now, explain the importance of green plants (producers) that they produce oxygen and
regulate the temperature of the environment. Also tell about the importance of water in
the environment for all the plants and animals and without it, life is impossible. Also
mention the importance of soil for the living things in the environment.

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Partial Recapitulation:
What benefits do we get from plants?
What are the sources of energy in the environment?
What are the man-made sources of energy?

Class Work:
Activities and exercises at the end of the lesson will be discussed and done in the note.
books. Pictures of Living and Non-Living things will be drawn or pasted.

Final Recapitulation:
1. What do you mean by environment?
2. Give some examples of natural elements.
3. Is human being a producer or consumer?
4. Who are the producers? What do they do?
5. How carnivores depend on plants?

Homework:
1. Draw and describe food chain.
2. Write down the benefits of sunlight.
3. How increased plantation can influence the environment?

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 APPENDIX I
STUDENT BIODATA FORM (WORKSHOP)

S/No. Student Name Phone Number Email Address

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 APPENDIX II
WORKSHOP REPORT

1. Program: B.Ed. (4 years)

2. Duration of the Workshop: 03 days ............................................................................
3. Name of the Institution (where Workshop was conducted) ........................................
4. Name of the Tutor .......................................................................................................
5. Qualification of the Tutor............................................................................................
6. Designation of the Tutor .............................................................................................
7. Name of the Supervisor...............................................................................................
8. Qualification of the Supervisor ...................................................................................
9. Designation of the Supervisor .....................................................................................
10. Total Number of Students in Workshop .....................................................................
11. Number of Failure Students in Workshop...................................................................
12. Timings of the Workshop from............................ to ...................................................
13. Difficulties Faced During Workshop ..........................................................................
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14. Suggestions for Improving Workshop ........................................................................
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Regional Director Tutor Supervisor

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 APPENDIX III
RESULT REPORT OF STUDENTS

Roll. Attendance Workshop Lesson Final Final Total

No/Names 10 90 Plans Lesson 1 Lesson 2 200
40 30 30

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 APPENDIX IV
TEACHING PRACTICUM SITE APPROVAL FORM

This form must be completed and submitted to the concerned Regional Office/Center of
the Allama Iqbal Open University for approval at least 08 weeks prior to the start of
teaching practicum.

Student Name:.......................................................................................................................

Registration No: ....................................................................................................................

Name & Address of School: .................................................................................................

Phone Number of School: .....................................................................................................

Principal/Head Teacher Name & Signature:.........................................................................

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 APPENDIX V TEACHING
PRACTICUM LETTER

Respected Head of the Institution,

Mr./Ms./Mrs. is a student of B.Ed. (4 years)

under registration number in Allama Iqbal Open University,

Islamabad. He/she is needed to perform teaching practicum in the school as a requirement

of his/her degree program. Kindly facilitate him/her by providing this opportunity in your
institution.

Director,

Regional Center ,

AIOU, Islamabad.

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 APPENDIX VI
FORM FOR FINAL LESSON & PRESENTATION
Name of Trainee Teacher: ....................................................................................................
Roll No. of the Student: ........................................................................................................
Subject: .................................................................................................................................
Date:......................................................................................................................................

S/No. Dimension Total Score

1. Objectives 3
2. Checking Previous Knowledge 3
3. Use of AV Aids 3
4. Instructional method 3
5. Activities 3
6. Lesson Recapitulation 3
7. Questioning / Closure 3
8. Home Assignment 3
9. Time Management 3
10. Write-up of Lesson Plan 3
Total 30

NOTE: FOR ASSESSING EACH LESSON, SEPARATE FORM WILL BE USED.

Comments:

Supervisor ..................................................... Evaluator.................................................

Evaluator ....................................................... Tutor .......................................................

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