LEVEL OF STRESS DURING TEACHING PRACTICE : AN INVESTIGATION OF TRAINEE TEACHERS AT THE INSTITUTE OF TEACHER EDUCATION ILMU KHAS CAMPUS

Jurnal Pendidikan Serantau (Kerjasama JIP & Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Jilid 3, Nombor 3, Jun 2016;ISSN 2289-909X.: m/s: 463-487

LEVEL OF STRESS DURING TEACHING PRACTICE : AN INVESTIGATION OF TRAINEE TEACHERS AT THE INSTITUTE OF TEACHER EDUCATION  ILMU KHAS CAMPUS

Syed Ismail Syed Mustapa, Syed Ismail Syed Mustapa, PhD

Head of Department Head of Department

Research and Innovation of Teaching Professionalism, IPG KIK KIK

syed_Ismail@ipgkik.edu.my syed_Ismail@ipgkik.edu.my

Lye Guet Poh Lye Guet Poh

Jabatan Pengkhususan Bahasa Inggeris , IPG English Language Studies Department, IPG KIK KIK

guet_poh@ipgkik.edu.my guet_poh@ipgkik.edu.my

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to determine the level of stress among student teachers of Institute of Teacher Education Ilmu Khas Campus, Kuala Lumpur during their Phase III Practicum in 2015. The study was administered to 93 Semester 7, 2012 January intake student teachers from Special Education Department (Hearing impaired and visually impaired), Music Department and English Studies Department. The study was conducted using a mixed method approach with  quantitative data collection through questionnaires as the main reference, and qualitative data was used to support the findings. The overall results showed that the level of stress among student teachers from the Institute of Teacher Education  Ilmu Khas Campus is moderately high, with a mean of 3.02 (sd=0.9) during their teaching practice Phase III in 2015. The results also showed a moderately high level of stress, with a mean of 2.66  to 3.56 for all the student teachers from all the three departments.  Lesson planning was found to be the  major cause for the highest stress for the student teachers, with a mean of 3.31 (sd=0.99).  Furthermore, this study also revealed some other factors that contributed the stress among student teachers during their teaching practice. They are classroom management, handling of pupils’ behavior and the presence of supervisors or cooperating teachers in their classrooms while they are teaching. In relation to that, the student teachers need to overcome the stress by focusing on the proposed constructs  in this study. All stakeholders involved should strive to reduce stress among student teachers during their teaching practice.

Key Words: Stress, Practicum, Practicum guidance