Pre-Service Student Teachers Pedagogical Process of Achieving Learning Outcomes

Improving quality school education is a long overdue demand in India. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) prepared a document on learning outcomes. Learning outcomes are referred as expected levels of learning of learners to achieve holistic development of a child. The pre-service Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) student teachers have to perform various curricular and co-curricular activities during their pre-internship programme. The study aimed to explore student teachers pedagogical practices of achieving learning outcomes. Descriptive survey method and convenience sampling followed. Observation Schedule was used as an instrument to collect data. The data were analysed by qualitatively, i.e. content analysis. The study findings revealed that the student teachers achieved learning outcomes based on pre-designed lesson plans. Majority of the student teachers pedagogical process were designed with activities given in NCERT textbook to achieve learning outcomes. All the student teachers were assessed learning outcomes at each stage of lesson by asking questions with regard to content of the lesson. Most of the student teachers used ICT in classroom to achieve learning outcomes by using with e-smart classes, power point presentations, short films, videos.