Lived Experiences of Teaching Interns in the Online Delivery of Instruction: A Psychological Study

Abstract

Certain facets of teaching and learning were changed because of the pandemic's impact on the educational setting. This allowed the Teacher Education Institutions to repackage the teaching internship program's modalities. At the start of the pandemic, the physical conduct of the actual participation in the teaching internship was carried out virtually. Thus, this study provided a description of the teaching interns' online teaching internship experiences. Based on this premise, this study utilized the descriptive phenomenology of Edmund Husserl using Colizzi’s Method of Data Analysis.  There were four (4) themes derived from the formulated meanings as extracted from the significant statements of the informants’ discourses namely: Online Modality, Instructional Materials, Classroom Management and Strategies of Teaching. The identified themes were very significant in claiming the teaching interns’ experiences in the online delivery of instruction. This helped give an eye view for the improvement and creation of a successful online learning environment.