DETERMINANTS OF STUDENT INTERNSHIP PERFORMANCE IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A MODEL

Abstract

Student internship performance is significant for every teacher to be equipped with the vital skills and values in order to compete in the world of excellence and respond to the challenges of the global trends. Hence, the country needs global teachers who can provide quality education for the students. Accordingly, every higher education institution has been challenged to produce ideal teacher education graduates.  Thus, this study determined the relationship between the teaching internship performance and the personal characteristics of the student interns in private higher education institutions. These were the baselines of this dissertation and the results would lead to the student internship model. The study utilized the Descriptive Correlation Research Design to describe the relationship and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was employed to determine the relationship of the variables.  The reflections about the internship journey of the interns were gathered and utilized as part of the study.  The results revealed that the student interns performed very well in all areas of their internship such as lesson planning, classroom management and teaching skills. Furthermore, the findings indicated that among the personal characteristics of the interns; their personality and emotional intelligence greatly contributed to the success of their teaching performance. However, IQ and GWA do not affect their performance in internship. They may contribute but with the support of the personality and emotional intelligence of the interns.  Based from the findings of the study, the student internship model had been designed to strengthen the results and gave justification on the importance of personality as an indicator of good performance and also the significance of emotional intelligence and competence as an element of their effective teaching internship performance. Moreover, recommendation had been made to develop more and give emphasis on the growth of the personal values which have been believed as best elements in making great achievement in internship performance.