Abstract:

Pre-service teacher education is purposively conducted to prepare prospective teachers before entering the real-world teaching. However, it is just the beginning of teacher learning continuum. Teachers must undergo the induction and professional development program to keep updating their teaching skills. As teachers are ideally forever learners, there is an urgency to screen the right individuals to be committed in their teaching career. The questions of what qualifications someone needs to become a teacher, how important it is to implement the Situational Judgment Test prior to pre-service teacher education, what it takes to strive in the teacher learning continuum, how adequate the initial program matter in dealing with the challenges they encounter in the chalkface, how induction and professional teacher development program contribute to their teaching expertise and how resilience and lifelong learning make them a great teacher, make up the structure of this study. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive elaboration on how the Situational Judgment Test can be used to select the individuals who are truly passionate about teaching and eventually able to embrace the sense of resilience and lifelong learning in their journey to become ideal teachers.

Keywords:

Situational Judgment Test, Pre-Service Teacher Education, Teacher Learning Continuum.