Journal of Theory and Practice in Education Articles /Makaleler
ISSN: 1304-9496 http://eku.comu.edu.tr/index/7/2/anaz_anasreen_rnawan_gnoureen.pdf
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PRACTICUM AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: GAP BETWEEN ACTUAL AND DESIRED BEHAVIOURS
(UYGULAMA VE ETĠK DEĞERLENDĠRMELER: GERÇEK VE BEKLENEN DAVRANIġLAR ARASINDAKĠ FARK)
Anjum NAZ1
Abida NASREEN2
Riffat un Nisa AWAN3
Ghazala NOUREEN4
ABSTRACT
Practice teaching or practicum is more directly concerned with values and ethical issues than any other educational activity. The motivation for this study comes from the assumption that students feel stress during the practicum sessions due to the unethical behavior of supervisors and cooperating institutions. What is the nature of ethics followed by supervisors and cooperating institutes during the practicum? What are the reasons behind the unethical behavior of supervisors? What are the significant ethics which supervisors and cooperating institutes have to follow during the practicum? These are the questions which have been tried to get answered in this research paper. Researchers selected five public universities of Punjab. All Student Teachers (STs) enrolled in Education departments of selected five universities were target population of the study. Out of this population researchers selected thirty six (36) students from each university, who had successfully completed practicum. The multiple data sources consisted of questionnaire for students comprised of open ended and close ended questions and in-depth-interviews with faculty supervisors and heads of cooperating institutions. The study analyzed the responses of students about ethical considerations of the Faculty Supervisors (FSs) and cooperating institutes. The results provide evidence that the reasons behind the