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Teaching practice

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCore term

In education & teaching, teaching practice means: The period of a teacher-training program when student teachers teach real classes in a school under the guidance of experienced teachers.

In Turkish: öğretmenlik uygulaması, staj

How it is used

British term, often shortened to TP. American programs call it student teaching or a practicum. Trainees go on, do or complete teaching practice, and are observed and given feedback by a mentor or tutor.

Example sentences

  1. During my teaching practice, I taught two Year 9 classes for six weeks.

  2. Teaching practice was the moment I knew I really wanted to be a teacher.

Common collocations

  • do teaching practice
  • teaching practice placement
  • student teaching
  • practicum
  • pre-service teacherA student who is training to become a teacher and has not yet started working as a qualified teacher.
  • mentorAn experienced teacher who supports, advises and observes a trainee or new teacher, helping them develop their teaching.
  • lesson observationA visit in which a colleague, mentor or school leader watches a lesson in order to give feedback, support development or evaluate teaching.
  • reflective practiceThe habit of thinking carefully about your own teaching, what worked, what did not and why, in order to learn from experience and improve.

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