MZUMBE UNIVERSITY

(CHUO KIKUU MZUMBE

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OIF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND TEACHING MANAGEMENT

FIELD REPORT GUIDELINE

Introduction
Teaching practice is a period of immersion whereby student teachers are given the opportunities to
apply and integrate theoretical knowledge acquired from the University to the realities of the
classroom situation. At the end of teaching practice, Mzumbe University enquires the student-
teacher to write a report. The field report describes what happened in the field. The teaching
practice field report will serve as an information guide presenting the field experiences, problems
encountered, and challenges faced by student- teachers. The purpose of this guide is to provide
direction on how to develop, organise and write a teaching practice field report in teacher education
programmes of Mzumbe University. Teaching practice field report refers to a set of assignment in
teacher education that necessitates the student-teacher to combine theory and analysis with
observation and practice.

Like any other field report, teaching practice report requires student-teacher apply theoretical
knowledge learned in the classroom with methods of observation and practice applied outside of
the classroom. Student-teacher is required to describe an observed place, activity or event and then
analyse that observation data.

The teaching practice field report process involves formulating, improving and expanding
educational, managerial or service-oriented work. The data is often in the form of notes taken
during the observation as well as other forms of data gathering.

It is an official account of teaching practice that has been compiled and communicated by the field
student-teacher. For example, a field report about a practice teaching session, a field report about
a court session observed, a filed report about the developmental stage of a child who has been
tested, a field report about a work experience placement that forms part of a university course.
Although the subject matter of all these kind of field reports will vary considerably, there are
similarities in them as they require both descriptions of an observed place or event and analysis of
what was observed.

TEACHING PRACTICE FIELD REPORT STRUCTURE

Title

Teaching Practice Field Report: Mongola Secondary School in Mvomero District

(the report should have a separate title page with the author's names starting with the first then
Surname, followed by the author’s institutional affiliation)

Declaration

Show originality of work, for example, I Joymartha Rashid, declare that this teaching practice field
report is my own original work and that it has not been presented and will not be presented to any
other university for a similar or any other degree award.

Abstract

An Abstract is a summary of the entire teaching practice field report. It comes right at the
beginning of a report, on its own page. Teaching practice field report is usually in one paragraph of
300 – 500 words.

CHAPTER ONE: SCHOOL BACKGROUND INFORMATION

1. Introduction

1.1 History of school

1.2. School establishment

1.3. School leadership structure

1.4. Heads of school

1.5. Number of teachers in the school

1.6. Number of students in the school

1.7. Adequacy of teachers in the school

2. School location

3. School vision and mission

4. Challenging in attaining school vision and mission

5. School academic achievement profile (five years)

6. Possible reasons for the academic achievement profile

CHAPTER TWO: ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN THE TEACHING PRACTICE

2. Introduction

2.(1) Orientation (if any)

2.(2) Office works

2.2.1 Preparing the scheme of work

2.2.2 Preparing lesson plans

2.2.3 Providing tests/assignments

2.2.4 Marking tests/assignments

2.2.5 Relating with teachers and students

2.2.6 Working as a teacher on duty

2.2.7 Attending meetings

2.2.8 (include any other activity)

CHAPTER THREE: REFLECTIONS ON THE TEACHING PRACTICE

3. Assumptions of the school learning environment before teaching practice

3.1 School resources

3.2. Facilities, eg., desks, chairs

3.3. Student-teacher relationship

3.4. Teacher-teacher relationship

 3.5. Teaching workload among teachers

3.5. Student common problems in schools

3.6. Teacher-parent relationship

3.7 (add any other aspect)

CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4. Show your understanding about the school learning environment

5. Show your opinions based on your data and interpretation of the school learning environment

6. (any other relevant conclusion and recommendation)

References (Report should be written on one side of an A4 paper, double-spaced, font size 12,
Times New Roman).
Cover page/Title page

MZUMBE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND TEACHING
MANAGEMENT

Teaching Practice Field Report: Mongola Secondary School in Mvomero District

By

JOYLYNE MWEMA JAMES

1530303030/T.18

Teaching Practice Field Report Submitted to the Department of Eduactional Foundations and
Teaching Management in partial fulfilment of Bachelor of Education (insert speicification)

2020