The impact of the unforeseen factors on the teaching practice of student teachers

The intricacies confronted with teaching skills of student teachers of
English may arise from a variety of sources. Knowing about teaching is different
from performing teaching. Student teachers may find teaching English demanding,
even though they theoretically know about the main goals of the teaching. This
study investigated the impact of the unforeseen factors on the teaching practice of
student teachers. A descriptive study was conducted with the participation of 154
student teachers at a Turkish university. In the study, the effects of the teacher
training related issues such as motivation, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and teaching
strategy awareness were investigated. On the whole, the study suggests that teacher
training is not merely to introduce theoretical knowledge, but to incorporate
convincing suggestions about the unforeseen teacher or teaching related concerns
into the training process.