ERIC Number: EJ1347532
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Publication Date: 2022
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One Male Student Teacher's Perception and Experiences of Student Teaching in an Infant Group Care Setting
Jung, Jessun; Geist, Eugene
International Journal of the Whole Child, v7 n1 p34-44 2022
This qualitative case study explores in-depth how one male student teacher reflected on his care practice with infants and how he described his experiences of working with female mentor teachers. The authors used the teacher's daily journal entries, four individual interviews, and weekly team planning meetings as data sources. The data was collected over 15-week period. Findings revealed that the teacher's caring sense gradually evolved through care practice and that he brought in his authenticity as a teacher, not just as a male teacher, while confronting with and critically reflecting upon himself as a teacher. Also, the weekly team planning meetings helped him build relationship with the female mentor teachers. He positively reflected upon his experiences of collaborative teaching. Implication of the findings is discussed in terms of male students in early childhood teacher education programs.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Males, Student Teacher Attitudes, Infants, Student Experience, Mentors, Females, Student Teaching, Teacher Education Programs, Infant Care, Caring, Gender Bias, Child Care
Tennessee Association for Childhood Education International. Web site: https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/ijwc
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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