Experience in teaching practice of pre-service teachers: analysis of written reflections

Teacher training institutions have a mission of high responsibility to train competitive educators for change and future schools. Researchers highlight the need for relation between theory and practice as well as interaction between personal and professional experiences. The article reveals the characteristics of personal professional experience gained in accomplishment of objectives of teaching practice by students studying music pedagogy. The analysis of written reflections highlights positive and negative factors that may have impact on implementation of students’ pedagogical competencies during their teaching practiceVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij