How is teaching practice (TP) organised?
• TP is a two-hour block and takes place every day. Trainees are divided into TP groups of equal size, and each TP group, with one tutor, is responsible for a class of students. Trainees teach initially for short periods (e.g. all the trainees in a group teaching for 15 minutes each), and then teach for longer periods as the course progresses (e.g. later TP blocks could consist of three trainees teaching 40 minutes each, with the other trainees in the group not teaching that day). All assessed TP is observed by one of the tutors. • There is a considerable amount of lesson-planning guidance from the tutors in the early stages of the course. As the course progresses, formal lesson-planning guidance decreases, as trainees are expected to take on increased planning responsibilities; however, tutors are available for consultation over lesson planning at any time (within reason !). • The students are fully aware that the lessons are taught by unqualified teachers, and will have paid a nomina
