Preparation for music teaching: challenges faced by practicum students from the music education program / Mohd Farhan Mashugi

In general, the main objective of teacher training programmes in higher education institutions is to provide the knowledge and training necessary for aspiring teachers. It is also to provide exposure to the actual school environment and situation. This allows the trainee teacher to be familiar with challenging school situations as well as the experience of teaching in the real world. Various higher education institutions such as the Maktab Perguruan, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) dan Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam offer the Music Education program in order to train future music teachers to have the music related knowledge before they are assigned to schools. As a requirement for all graduates, all trainee teachers are required to undergo a practicum for a period of time. The real teaching experience is to give them a chance to practice what have been learnt during their four years of study in the degree programmes.