Factors Affecting Teaching Practices by Prospective Teacher of B. Ed (Hons.) Elementary

This paper will discuss the variables that influenced the teaching practices of the potential teachers in B.Ed (Hons) Elementary course in the Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore.The study will identify the nature of the teaching practice adopted by the future teachers, assessment of learning process through the teaching practice and the way the future teachers view the factors that affect the teaching in the classroom.Its survey design was descriptive, quantitative where a sample population of 150 men and women in the future was used as the sample population, and the data were collected in a questionnaire of 31 items designed based on the five-point Likert scale.The obtained results show that the majority of the respondents are already engaged in attendance checking (64%), classroom organization (58%), discussion (57) and demonstration (64) and critical thinking (56) promotion and student engagement (53) stimulation.Besides, another point that was also reported by future teachers is that they also had a positive attitude toward administrative support, cooperation with supervisors, and access to multimedia facilities, but much less support was observed concerning such aspects as leave policies and classroom environment.The statistical tests T-tests and ANOVA demonstrate that statistically significant differences in the perceptions of internal and external factors influencing the teaching practices were found with regard to gender and experience in teaching and no significant changes were found with regard to age.The paper has highlighted the importance of positive learning environments, classroom management, and different approaches towards instruction as far as enhancing educational outcomes are concerned.The development of decent classroom