Experiences and Challenges encountered by the Pre-service teachers in a Community Immersion Program

Abstract

This study aims to determine the experiences and challenges of pre-service teachers in a community immersion program from a local higher education institution in Olongapo City, Philippines. Phenomenological method of research is used in this study which was participated by a total of 32 pre-service teacher. According to the participants, this provides them with experiences that gives them motivation and inspiration to pursue teaching. This also gave the pre-service teacher a hint of what may be experienced in the actual teaching field such as managing the class, and diversity of the learners. On the other hand, the challenges they encountered was related to the class environment. It is recommended to provide more time allocation for the implementation of community immersion.