Ferdinand l. Alcantara

The study attempted to determine the extent of satisfaction of the student with regards to the services given by the student teaching office of the Bulacan State University Hagonoy Campus and their experience in their off-campus practice teaching during the academic year 2017-2018. The study made used of descriptive-survey method for the sample of 56. A questionnaire with a Fivepoint Likert scale was asked for the student teachers for them to complete; the data gathered were analyzed and treated statistically. Weighted mean was computed and determined the significant relationship of the level of satisfaction of the students to the services given by the student teaching office and the level of satisfaction in their internship experiences using the Pearson R correlation. Both the level of level of satisfaction to the services given by the student teaching office and the level of satisfaction to their internship experiences both registered a very much satisfaction on the part of the respondents. There is a very weak linear relationship between the level of level of satisfaction to the services given by the student teaching office and the level of satisfaction to their internship experiences both registered a very much satisfaction on the part of the respondents with a computed t-value of 0.218.

Internship, Off-campus Practice Teaching, Cooperating School/Teacher

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