TY - CHAP
T1 - Exploring Pre-service Teaching Trainees’ Attitudes and Choice Towards Online Teaching Internships
T2 - A Preliminary Study
AU - He, Zhenni
AU - Ou, Qizhong
AU - Pang, Patrick Cheong Iao
AU - Yang, Qiaoli
AU - Liu, Ting
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The rise of online education has spurred the development of online internships, providing solutions to challenges faced by pre-service teaching trainees (PSTTs) during unique circumstances. For example, in the COVID-19 pandemic, using educational software for online internships is not bound by geographical constraints. However, there is currently a lack of research on PSTTs engaging in online internships. This study employed digital tools to facilitate the participation of PSTTs in online teaching internships and to evaluate the effectiveness of these tools. Through a combination of surveys and interviews, we investigated the post-internship attitudes of PSTTs, the factors influencing these attitudes, and their preferences for the teaching internship model. The results indicate a significant difference in PSTTs’ satisfaction based on the frequency of teacher-student interactions and the degree of collaboration. Moreover, a significant difference was observed in PSTTs’ choice of online teaching internship model based on the frequency of teacher-student interactions. The study also discusses the benefits and challenges encountered by PSTTs during their online teaching internships. The insights derived from this study provide new perspectives for online internships and teaching internships.
AB - The rise of online education has spurred the development of online internships, providing solutions to challenges faced by pre-service teaching trainees (PSTTs) during unique circumstances. For example, in the COVID-19 pandemic, using educational software for online internships is not bound by geographical constraints. However, there is currently a lack of research on PSTTs engaging in online internships. This study employed digital tools to facilitate the participation of PSTTs in online teaching internships and to evaluate the effectiveness of these tools. Through a combination of surveys and interviews, we investigated the post-internship attitudes of PSTTs, the factors influencing these attitudes, and their preferences for the teaching internship model. The results indicate a significant difference in PSTTs’ satisfaction based on the frequency of teacher-student interactions and the degree of collaboration. Moreover, a significant difference was observed in PSTTs’ choice of online teaching internship model based on the frequency of teacher-student interactions. The study also discusses the benefits and challenges encountered by PSTTs during their online teaching internships. The insights derived from this study provide new perspectives for online internships and teaching internships.
KW - Educational software
KW - Experiential learning
KW - Online teaching internship
KW - Pre-service teacher training
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105027008520
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-95-2521-8_32
DO - 10.1007/978-981-95-2521-8_32
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105027008520
T3 - Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
SP - 449
EP - 459
BT - Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -