Analysis of world practices in implementing “teaching practicum”

Abstract

With the rapid development of new technologies, different programs are being implemented in education to develop the teaching profession. Teaching practicum is the most essential part of the teaching process in training qualified teachers. Teaching practicum plays a major role in providing pre-service teachers with the most important professional competencies. The study aims to compare the teaching practicum of countries that performed well on the 2022 PISA exam to how teaching practicum works in Kazakhstan's education system and the process and application elements. The phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used to achieve this aim. Within the relevant research design scope, data were collected on how teacher training systems and teaching practicums of 17 countries were processed. Primary and secondary sources and official reports were used in the data collection process. Descriptive comparative content analysis was applied in the analysis of the data. According to the research results, countries that were successful in the 2022 PISA exam implemented both compulsory and optional teaching practicums. It is seen that teaching practicum in Kazakhstan is carried out according to the professional development schools model, while different practice models are used around the world. Additionally, it has been determined that the teacher training process and the time allocated to teaching practicum vary from country to country. Within the scope of these results, basic recommendations on teaching practicums at universities in Kazakhstan are presented.