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| . Parking the teacher's books because at time I don't get enough time to observe |
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| 1)Absent mentor. The schools need to hold their employees accountable. 2) circular meetings , with no focal point 3)Disaplinary structure is not okay. |
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| 1.â â Time management: Balancing academic and practicum responsibilities. |
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| A level of undermining due to age and underplaying emotional ignorance |
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| Absenteeism |
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| Access to resources whereby resources are limited. Practicum coordinators should ensure learners are aware of available resources and advocate for necessary support. |
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| Adapting to new environment, roles and expectations |
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| Adapting to the Work Transitioning from a classroom to a professional environment can be difficult. The pace, expectations, and culture may be unfamiliar. Engage in orientation activities and ask questions early on. Observing and adapting to t |
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| Assignments and tests during practicals |
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| Assignments during practicals |
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| At schools teachers are been rude to us and they think we want to take their jobs， the government must hire us student on the 3rd or 4th year of study |
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| Balancing lesson planning, teaching, grading, and reflection can be challenging. |
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| Balancing teaching responsibilities with administrative tasks and personal study. break down the larger tasks into manageable steps and set realistic deadline. |
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| Behavior of learners, teachers need to groom learners on behaving in the class. |
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| Behavior of the learners is top on the list, and it can be addressed if I learn more management skills |
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| Behavior, one can build Behavior through building relationships with their learners. |
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| Behavioral problems. |
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| Behavioural issues with learners because there is no module addressing with behaviour, in order to address the issue; they should have voluntary sessions (workshops) on how to deal with behaviour of learners |
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| Being disrespected by learners |
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| Being scared for the first time.Being used to teach in front of learners |
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| Being taken to other grade that I am not supposed to be in,the only solution to this is to remain in the grade that I'm there for |
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| Being unable to work with other teachers as they refer STs as someone who doesn't know anything about teaching instead of grooming and teaching me...Have programs whereby teachers are taught on how to treat STs and helping them be familiar with |
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| Challenge could sometimes being my mentor expecting to do everything and my school work falls behind |
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| Challenges physical appearance because I have dwarfism. |
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| Challenges we travel using a taxi need taxi fare and money for resources printouts |
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| Challenging learners |
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| Children not discipline. Not respected by learners |
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| Classroom Management: Implementing clear rules and routines from the start, using positive reinforcement strategies, and seeking advice from mentors on effective classroom management techniques can help create a more structured environment. |
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| Classroom Management: Managing student behavior can be difficult, especially for inexperienced teachers. Solutions include seeking guidance from mentors, observing experienced teachers, and developing clear rules and routines from the start. |
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| Classroom management |
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| Classroom management and discipline, seek mentor guidance |
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| Classroom management and the mentor helped to resolve the issue. |
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| Classroom management because the children struggle with discipline in the classroom. |
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| Classroom management is challenge. Connecting content with real teaching. |
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| Classroom management issues |
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| Classroom management where I have to balance discipline and engagement while managing diverse learner's needs. |
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| Classroom management, by creating classroom rules, time management,theough breaking tasks into simple tasks and using record keeping and plan lessons to accomodate learners with different needs |
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| Classroom management, can be addressed by finding ways to manage the classroom or deciding the class into two as classes are crowded and not easy to handle |
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| Classroom management. Not being taught by the university and have to learn that on you own and sometimes with the aid of the mentor |
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| Communication .constant communication between university and school |
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| Communication, I think there should be constant communication between the university and school when i am doing my practicals |
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| Communication, I think they should be constant communication between the university and coordinators |
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| Communication, i think there should be constant communication between the university and the coordinators in terms of deliverables |
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| Communication, there should be constant communication between university and the school about |
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| Communication. I think they should be constant communication with the university |
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| Communication. There should be constant communication. |
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| Communication: Constant communication between school and university in order to agree on the deliverables during the practicum |
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| Communication: constant communication between the school and university coordinators |
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| Constant Communication |
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| Crowded classes |
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| Dd |
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| Dealing with different learners, meaning some learners are fast learners are difficult to understand but then I managed to deal and learn how to make them understand. |
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| Dealing with difficult learners |
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| Dealing with problematic learners. Currently, no strategy on how to address. |
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| Difficult children at the school. Need to be shown how to deal with differently abled children. |
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| Difficult learners in a classroom. |
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| Dimesia challenges because he had a financial changes |
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| Discipline |
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| Discipline, be emotionally ready to deal with learners behavior Be addressed by seeking assistance from the teachers |
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| Discipline, simply because you cannot necessarily discipline learners that ain’t yours. Seeing the importance of classroom management with a mentor teacher who does not value that. Lack of resources, lack of emotional support |
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| Disciplining children especially those with behavioral problems. Would required mentor intervention as he was not able to handle behavioral problems. |
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| Disciplining learners There must be ways of punishment for teachers to discipline learners and parental involved |
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| Disciplining the children is what I found most challenging but I observed how my mentor was able to deal with that and used her strategy |
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| Disciplining the learners, call parents if the learners does not behave |
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| Disrespectful from learners because of looking very young |
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| Disrespectful kids |
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| Distance from my location to the schools because the nearest schools take only three students per phase. Traveling with my own money is a challenge because I receive the living allowance for food and toiletries. |
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| Emotional demands |
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| Emotional demands, coping with stress |
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| Emotions from children and working environment. |
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| Everything was fine |
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| Fear of mistake, being afraid of doing mistakes |
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| Finance |
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| Finances |
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| Finances Communicating with others as Afrikaans was the main language of communication. |
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| Finances Disciplining the children |
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| Financial challenges , the school which, I did practical with was far and this has Financial challenges |
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| Financial challenges and school doing practicals was far from home. |
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| Financial challenges as the school I did my practicum was very far. As a result I have to pay more for travel expenses. |
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| Financial challenges because the school that i did the practicals at was far from me. |
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| Financial challenges. The school i initially selected was already filled. I had to take the most available and that came with more financial implementations. |
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| Financial constraints as not being paid for doing the practicum. |
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| Finincial challenges: school was far from place of residence. I was selected by the school to do the practicum there. Nearby schools had no space for the student Teacher. |
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| Getting a school that I will do the teaching practicals at |
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| H |
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| Had difficulty teaching in English as the learners did not understand the language. |
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| Having to choose teaching strategies Leaners behavior Principal should make an initiative |
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| Having to deal with challenging learners |
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| High teacher ratio |
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| How to get to the practicum |
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| How to handle learner behavior |
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| I did know where to apply the theories that I know It's was a bit difficult to link up the theories and real life experiences |
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| I didn't face any challenges as such because I had a great mentor who was very patient with me and taught me the ropes from the very first day |
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| I didn't get any challenges |
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| I do not have any challenges |
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| I feel like i have a short temper or anger where i find myself shouting on learners in a way that it may get me in a trouble.i feel like psychological i need help. And the fact that we get no allowance for practical it affects me in a way that |
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| I had challenges because the school that was selected was far and I had financial challenges,the school I selected was full |
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| I had financial challenges because of the distance to the school. I wanted a school of my choice but it was full and received a letter for work hence the financial challenges. |
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| I had financial challenges, the school I got accepted to was far from where I am staying |
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| I had financial challenges, the school was far, and with financial barriers it was not easy, they should let us chhose schools for ourselves |
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| I had none |
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| I need financial support |
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| I never had any challenges |
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| I realized that the schools support system dont do enough to help the learners emotionally and psychologically. They should be counselors to talk to the learners when need be. |
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| In the beginning, I was nervous because it was all new. I was shy, but then I just stepped outside my comfort zone and started interacting, and everything went well. |
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| Insufficient resources. Schools should try to avail resources to student teachers |
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| Insufficient time for practicals and workbook submission |
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| Is the behavior of the learners on the first time |
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| Kids not listening when I teach |
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| Lack of communication and support from mentor / open and dedicated students coordinators for students. |
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| Lack of discipline from certain learners. Young children can be taught to differentiate play time and school time and to respect every elder person who stands in front of them |
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| Lack of finance |
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| Lack of finance. I wish the university would provide enough money for us or provide resources that we will need for teaching practice and transport as well |
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| Lack of finances Discipline |
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| Lack of finances as reliant on NSFAS. Poor relationship with mentor and led to the student Teacher only doing admin work. The relationship with the mentor was poor from the beginning as mentor was not welcoming. |
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| Lack of funding, transportation expenses, food. No enough money |
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| Lack of funding, which included transportation money and lunch |
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| Lack of funds maybe if we received an allowance during practical |
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| Lack of guide ce especially when making lesson plan and had to develop one on her own. |
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| Lack of resource |
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| Lack of resources |
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| Lack of resources at the school. And having too many learners in one class. |
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| Lack of resources from the school |
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| Lack of resources needed to teach children ,maybe the school can provide some resources so that teaching can be fun and easy. |
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| Lack of resources, department of education should provide resources for schools so that teaching and learning should be active. |
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| Lack of resources, the school or department of education should provide resources that are needed for teachers. |
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| Lack of teaching materials and worksheets to give learners.univerisity must provide us with them. They need to consider the number of days,they are alot and as distance student we work while studying. |
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| Lack of worksheets and ink |
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| Language barrier, learners are taught I their native language and it was difficult for them to adapt to the English. |
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| Language barriers as has to interpret from English to their native languages |
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| Leaner behaviour, i will strategize better and do research on how to deal with it effectively and without being a barrier to learning curve of the learner |
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| Leaners supervision |
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| Learner behavior |
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| Learner behavior and the school is dominated by learners from poor background |
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| Learner behaviour (Disciplining strategies) Lack of resources especially for teaching Setswana Classroom are overcrowded and difficult to manage. Government intervention in building more schools is required. |
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| Learner behaviour - maybe have more knowledge on classroom management, because the class overcrowded. The university should try and vet more strategies that are better and can be more effective. |
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| Learner that are not school ready due age struggles especially in reading. Start as soon as possible with drop all and read drill |
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| Learner's discipline, some of the learners are very naughty. Schools can be more strike with detention so can tha the learners will know not to continue with bad behaviours. |
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| Learners I'll discipline |
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| Learners could not behave as they felt am young to be a teacher |
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| Learners don't pay attention but it's not all of them |
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| Learners making noise while teaching |
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| Learners that are ignorant and try to conquer them to class |
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| Learners where calling me names , some called me MR Cheese boy . If learners misbehave adress it to principal |
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| Learners who don't listen and who have difficulties |
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| Learners with learning disabilities like ADHD |
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| Limited guidance they can at least try changing that and engage more with student teachers |
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| Limited teaching resources, if they don't have enough money to buy them they should use recycled materials to make them. |
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| Listening and speaking barriers, learners spoke in different languages |
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| Loud learners by enforcing discipline by giving demerits |
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| Mentors not wanting students teacher. I think they should be notified early so that they know what to expect. |
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| Mentors want us to do their work alot |
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| Mentors, Mentors should understand that you are still new and learning and should refrain from giving you all the work just to relax. |
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| Misbehaving learners , they should involve parents of learners to engage in learners education |
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| Mischievous behavior of some learners. |
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| Money for transportation and lunch |
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| Most of the time I am left with the learners alone without the mentors guidance. Supervisor need to inspect the classrooms to see whether the mentors are doing what they are supposed to be doing. |
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| My mentor not coming to class more often and giving me lot of their paperwork.. the University can address this by calling the principals of schools to let them know about all the difficulties student teachers face with their mentors when they |
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| My mentor teacher was very ignorant even when I needed her to help me with something important, she maltreat people around her and she gave me lot of her work and I didn't get chance to observe how she teaches and how learners react. |
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| N/a |
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| No challenges because I was in a familiar place |
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| No challenges experienced |
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| None |
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| None everything is going fine i don’t encounter any problems |
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| None i never encountered any problem |
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| Not disciplined learners,they only listen to their teacher because they are used to her and the way she teaches. Some students still struggle to read till date. This issues can be addressed by teachers to pay more attention to their learners an |
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| Not having enough money for transport, the school should give us practical allowance |
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| Not having enough resources |
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| Not having enough resources, and this could be addressed to department of education so that they can provide school enough resources |
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| Nothing much |
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| One of the key challenges I face during the practicum is managing diverse classroom dynamics, particularly when students have different learning paces or behavioral issues. Balancing the needs of all students while keeping the lesson on track c |
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| One significant hurdle is the transaction from theoretical knowledge acquired in the classroom to the practical in real-world |
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| Other teachers wanting to use me as their personal assistance. I just kept myself away from them and concentrated on my practicals. |
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| Over- crowded classes , discipline of the students. Employment of more teachers , expantion of schools, improve hygiene of some schools because some students play rough and drown each other then they come to you as a teacher then you have to |
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| Overcorded classroom |
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| Overcrowded class. The principal can make two classes for Grade R rather than one |
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| Overcrowded classes Shortage of resource Feel helpless and believes the is a need for government intervention |
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| Overcrowded classroom |
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| Overcrowded classrooms, we are being told that foundation phase learners should be Atleast 35 in a classroom. More classrooms should be built. |
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| Poor resources to teachers and learners |
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| Principal was rude Financial difficulties |
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| Problematic learners, especially children with different abilities. The school need to give alus more practical experience with special needs learners. Like make classes such as psychology compulsory so that we can know how to deal with such s |
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| Resources such as WiFi or data Language barriers at school The school should have internet access and also give children extra classes to improve their language |
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| School administration; we are not given access to administration or use anything |
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| Self consciousness, a student teacher needs to prepare themselves for speaking in front of learners |
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| Self doubt and imposter syndrome where i tend to question my abilities . Adjusting to professional expectations Time management,having to balance between the practicals and the academic work. |
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| Shortage of data for research and money for copies |
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| Some learners are from poor backgrounds and don't know how to read and write |
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| Some learners were misbehaving |
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| Some of the white teachers at the school were a bit racist |
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| Some teachers are rude to me because I am gay Making awareness of treating everyone the same irregardless of their gender |
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| Struggling with class management skills. Mentors not given a memo on how they should manage or effectively influence and guide student teachers. The university must equipped student teachers with more skills on how to manage classrooms effectiv |
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| Students behavior, parents should be involved in this particular challenge |
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| Taking over teachers(mentor) work instead of learning or observing.We find ourselves marking, teaching , taking care of kids ,doing activities with them and doing the work of a teacher while am student teacher.For example on my first year I was |
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| Teacher's expecting us to do their work while they do nothing |
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| Teaching overcrowded class....take me to class with 39 student nit more than 40 |
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| Test and quizzes during the practicals and sometimes we don't have data to complete them |
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| The challenge I face is that they it difficult to place us to the class as some teachers don’t like us they want to have the space for themself and their learners, they are jealous |
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| The challenge is how to make everyone involved in the teamwork and finish our tasks efficiently. It occurs when we needed to writing opportunity assessment report |
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| The challenges I faced was managing the classroom, and how to deal with learners with barriers, in my school environment poverty is the barrier |
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| The discrimination I don't think they can be adress because the ones who are doing it are old teachers and they can't be told |
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| The issue of transport travelling to the school, and number of days of practicals need to be reconsidered. The university should at least provide funding for transport during the 20 days of practicals |
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| The key challenges I face during the practicum include managing time effectively between lesson planning, teaching, and completing university assignments. It can be overwhelming to balance these responsibilities. Additionally, handling classroo |
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| The learners are making noise |
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| The learners sometimes did not listen to me and had to be threatened to listen |
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| The only think I could say is that some teacher do not want to fill in the documents we get for Teaching practices on the comment section |
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| The school didn't have many resources |
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| The school had no internet connection or even photo copying machines . Only 1 small machine was used to make copies for the entire school . The school can invest in more machines to make teaching and learning more effective |
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| The school was far from where I stay Some teachers where not nice at all |
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| The teachers were not corporating and we were not welcomed |
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| There are kids with mental disorders and parents who don’t believe their kids have these disorders, no matter how many times the school therapist would refer these parents. There’s not really anything else you can do but treat the learners |
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| There's little room for student teachers to practice teaching and learning, lack of resources and a limited time |
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| They dnt attend to disrespectful learners Shortage of equipment Make fundraising and donations |
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| Time |
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| Time Management: Balancing lesson planning, teaching, and administrative tasks can be overwhelming. Developing a structured schedule and prioritizing tasks can help manage time more effectively. Workload Pressure: The demands of the practicum |
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| Time management |
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| Time management - regulary rewiew schedule |
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| Transport issues (Finance) Distance Infrastructure Seek more financial support |
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| Transport money |
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| Transport money foood and clothes |
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| Transport to Practicals because of the distance |
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| Traveling money...presentable attire. |
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| Undermined by other teachers who think you are not yet qualified and professional. Therefore, they make u feel like a child |
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| We often face problems of finance when we have to come back to campus after practical,the university can help by insuring we receive a small amount |
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| While the practicum has been a valuable learning experience, I have encountered a few challenges: * Balancing theory and practice: Sometimes it can be difficult to apply theoretical concepts to real-world classroom situations. To address this, |
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| Y |
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| You find learner who struggle to get used to the new teacher But once you create a safe space for them all is good |
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| behavior management of learners |
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| dealing with disruptive and stressful learners. |
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| dealing with stressful and disruptive learners. |
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| finance, to be given practical allowance by the funders |
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| i had limited practical knowledge which became a challenge at for the first two weeks of my practicum. I felt unprepared and sometimes lacking the practical skills required for certain tasks. This could be resolved by taking initiative to learn |
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| ill disciplined children. The Department should have strict majors to discipline learners that will protect both learners and teachers |
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| less gifted learners |
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| no challengs |
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| non |
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| the class attention |
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| unrully learners |
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
