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Mylène Leroux; Nathalie Andwandter Cuellar; Isabelle Vivegnis; Andréanne Gélinas-Proulx – McGill Journal of Education, 2024
This article focuses on the relationship between coursework and field experience, theory and practice. Guided by Korthagen et al.'s (2006) fundamental principles for teacher education, an alternative student teaching structure was tested at the Universite´ du Que´bec en Outaouais (Canada) in the Fall 2016 term. An online survey was conducted to…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Field Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship
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Cristyne Hébert; Trudy Keil – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2025
This pilot project examines the experiences of a small sample (n = 4) of elementary pre-service teachers (PSTs) as they designed and attempted to implement a series of short lessons, or mini-units, using Ozobots or Makey Makeys during their field experience. Results indicated that, despite the fact that none of the PSTs were able to deliver their…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Technology Uses in Education
Jones, Ithel, Ed.; Lin, Miranda, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
In recent years there have been significant changes in education across the globe, largely as a result of changing demographics, technological developments, and increased globalization. Relatedly, the changing needs of societies and families, along with new research findings, provide new directions in early childhood education. Consequently, early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education Programs
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Murphy, Peter; Cross, William – Rural Educator, 1990
The five-year rural elementary teacher education program at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, features extended field experience in remote rural schools and communities. The program seeks to provide preservice elementary teachers with a realistic awareness of the rural teacher's worklife. (SV)
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Williams, Richard L.; Cross, William K. – 1985
The retention rate for rural teachers has historically been low, often with loss of two or more teachers per school year in some areas. Recently, a surplus of teachers has relieved this problem, but a predicted shortage will aggravate the situation. A survey of rural teachers was conducted in 1980 in British Columbia to try to find a reason for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Labor Turnover
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Radford, Keith; And Others – Teacher Educator, 1993
This study examined preservice teachers' locus of control, collecting data from students at one university with most practical experience during the final year and one with practical experience integrated throughout four years. Students from the latter university gained greater confidence and knowledge through continuing experience in public…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ralph, Edwin – Education Canada, 1988
Discusses recent shift in role of school district administrator from that of "chief" to that of coordinator, who influences educational policy decisions through "political" style. Describes new postgraduate internship programs for beginning teachers in Alberta and British Columbia; outlines effective responses of district…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Educational Administration