Impact of supervisors ‘feedback on development of pedagogical skills among prospective teachers during teaching practicum

Abstract

The study examined the Impact of supervisors’ feedback on development of prospective teachers’ pedagogical skills during teaching practicum. for achieving this purpose. The researcher selected the prospective teachers as population of the study. he drew the 416 prospective teachers as sample for the research. He used cluster sampling for the sample selection. The instrument for the study was a closed-ended questionnaire based on five-point Likert scale. The researcher used quantitative approach for carrying out the research. He collected numerical data. He analyzed the data by using one-sample-t-test. He employed the SPSS for analyzing the data. The findings showed that the study's alternative hypotheses were accepted, indicating that supervisors’ feedback have an impact on the development of pedagogical skills among the prospective teachers during their teaching practicum. Prospective teachers perceived that their skill of setting expectations from students, skill of aligning the lessons with already set objectives, and skill of framing questions for teaching had been significantly improved because of timely feedback. The study's findings provide valuable insights into the use of supervisors’ feedback for developing prospective teachers’ pedagogical skills during teaching practicum.