Teacher educators are typically involved in preparing preservice teachers (PSTs) in initial programs through teaching courses and supervising practicum experiences, including the culminating student teaching practicum. Using self-study of teacher education practices (S-STEPs) during supervision, the authors describe a scaffolded process of…

This paper shows the results of a pedagogical experience with a group of pre-service English teachers during their first semester of teaching practicum. The data were collected by means of reflection papers written by them, and then the resulting papers were analyzed under the principles of codification of grounded theory. The results show that…

Studies have shown that many training programs are relatively ineffective in preparing prospective teachers for classroom teaching. Such findings suggest that teacher training programs might require improvement and that prospective teachers should be more thoroughly assessed during the training period. This study examined the learning process of a…

The reflective experience of novice and experienced teachers involved in a Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) practicum is described. Data gathered during the process illustrate the nature of each person's thoughts, judgments, and decisions while watching themselves teach. Ways for practicum supervisors to integrate this…

A program offered by the University of Virginia French department to instruct new teaching assistants (TAs) in language methods is described. The program includes a presemester workshop, in-semester practicum, and observation procedure and coordinates with the students' advanced courses and research. (Author/MSE)

A study investigated the process used in evaluating student teachers of English as a foreign language (TEFL) during the practicum period, in an effort to assess and improve the supervision process. Subjects were 34 student teachers from Kuwait University practice-teaching in intermediate and secondary schools. The students' evaluation was…

The Queensland Board of Teacher Education instituted a small grants scheme to encourage research into teacher education. This document contains summaries of four projects. The first, "Admission of Student Teachers Using Both Academic and Non-Academic Criteria" (Phil Meade and David Smith), investigated the performance of teacher…

French university faculty experiences in supervising foreign students' doctoral thesis writing are transformed into suggestions for assisting students in foreign language technical writing tasks. These include: noting special needs in the course of the research; drawing on linguistic, rhetorical, and communication theory for help with composition;…

The Supervision of Assistants Program (SOAP) at Louisiana State University provides pre-teaching, ongoing, and post-teaching supervision for 20 teaching assistants assigned to 800-1000 undergraduate students of French at the beginning and intermediate levels. Almost all new teaching assistants are assigned a section of introductory French,…

Most students in multinational business and foreign language internships are applying their knowledge and language skills for the first time, and look to their faculty internship supervisor for encouragement, support, help, and correction of errors. They also regard the supervisor as the critical link between theory and practice. The faculty…