Selecting Placement Sites for Student Teachers and Pre-Student Teachers: Six Considerations.

Potthoff, Dennis; Alley, Robert

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Publication Date: 1996

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Selecting Placement Sites for Student Teachers and Pre-Student Teachers: Six Considerations.

Potthoff, Dennis; Alley, Robert

Teacher Educator, v32 n2 p85-98 Aut 1996

Six issues to consider when colleges make placement decisions for prestudent teaching and student teaching are diversity, collaboration, cooperating teacher preparation, challenging beliefs, mentor matching, and clustering. A study of current North American placement practices is examined. Implications of the six considerations for teacher education field placement practices are noted. (SM)

Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Cooperating Teachers, Cooperative Planning, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Site Selection, Student Teachers, Student Teaching

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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