چکیده (انگلیسی):

The study was designed to evaluate the opinions about the competencies of prospective teachers in the field of psychology in the training institutions of Punjab (Pakistan).The sample included randomly selected ten heads of teacher training institutions and fifty teacher trainers from universities and teacher training institutions. A questionnaire was developed for, collection of data.
Data were collected, analyzed and interpreted using the five-point Licret scale. It was concluded ,that the majority of responded agreed that prospective teachers were not improve the attitudes of students, not understand about the developmental stages of a child from childhood to adolescence and not formulate instructional objectives in behavioral form and week in dealing the students in psychological way perhaps it is due to lake of training or may be some deficiencies in the course of child psychology. This course needs to be revised and some case studies should be included in course. Teachers should be trained in such a way that they properly understand all the methods of child psychology and should be proper use in particular situation.