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IMPORTANCE OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES IN TEACHER EDUCATION
Authors: Purshotam
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The internship program operates within the framework of the Teacher training department
of the School of Education, in accordance with internship regulations determined by the
Division of teaching internship and new teachers at the Ministry of Education. Within this
framework, interns meet at Bar-Ilan once every two weeks for a workshop that lasts four
academic hours and is conducted by academic staff with personal experience in teaching
in schools, and who have extensive appropriate training in group facilitation, conflict
resolution, and professional self-development in the school environment. Internship
coordinators maintain personal contact with the tutors, to provide customized internship
processes to interns. Workshops in an academic framework enable the creation of a
protected "theoretical- academic learning spaces" allowing planned integration between
theory and practice. The academic workshop supports professional handling of
uncertainty situations, through a combination of rational thinking and complex
approaches of cases analyses derived from the interns' experiences, and providing
practical tools for finding solutions. The workshop has a special structure (a task force in
an academic framework), and it enables the creation of practical-professional knowledge
on the basis of theoretical knowledge (teacher training and Bachelor's degree studies),
through high-level processes of critical thinking, in-depth understanding, awareness and
insight into attitudes, behaviors, and personal motives. All these are required to develop
teaching capabilities in various subjects, at the same time developing skills in a variety of
interpersonal interactions with students, teachers, and parents required in teaching. The
internship program includes training in the simulation center. In addition, the uniqueness
of the internship program in special education is manifest in the combination of an
experience workshop in psychodrama, custom-tailored to the unique needs of special
education teachers.