Abstract
Teaching practice is a mandatory requirement for the prospective teachers during their program of study in teacher education institute. This practice provides a playing field where prospective teachers plan and implement different schemes of teaching and other related skills. This is a stage where stress is inevitable because other players also interact and intercept differently. The purpose of the research was to identify stress causing experiences among prospective teachers in private teacher institution during their teaching practicum. The study paradigm was positivist which advocates quantitative methodology and used survey design for data collection from 200 respondents who have completed practicum recently by administering a Survey of Practicum Stress. With response rate about 75% the data identified: Managing time, handling practicum-related assignments, observation by cooperating teacher, high expectations about performance, and managing classroom and behavior as most stressful experiences. Male student teachers reported workload during practicum as very stressful. Stress is reported more among student teachers belong to age group less than 25 years. Student teachers who completed their practicum in English medium schools experienced more stress as compared to those attended other schools. This study has implications for teacher educators, teacher education institutes, university supervisors, cooperating teachers and schools.
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