This paper presents the results an analysis of classroom interaction between teacher educators and prospective teachers in normal classroom situations while transacting the curriculum contents to prospective teachers’ in secondary teachers’ pre-service training programme of Himachal Pradesh. The classroom interactions were analysed using Flander’s Interaction Analysis Technique (FIAT). The purpose of this investigation was to assess the classroom behavior of teacher educators inside the classroom with a view to improve classroom interactions between teacher educators and prospective teachers in the teacher preparation programme. Interactions between teacher educators and prospective teachers were organized in to certain behavior ratios, for the purpose of interpretation, as suggested by Flanders and converted in to percentages in terms of various stages. In order to understand the nature of the change of sequence of classroom activities qualitatively i.e. in terms of events, the clockwise flow diagram of the composite master matrix, as suggested by Flanders was also prepared.

Keywords: Curriculum Transaction, FIAT, Prospective Teachers.