A new model of reflective practice for student teachers on school placement was implemented into a teacher education program. The model aimed to encourage critical reflection that challenged hegemonic assumptions and power relations. In contrast to this, the analysis of the student teachers' reflections revealed a desire to fit in and conform.…

The authors investigated and compared Brunei trainee teachers' attitudes to specific disabilities and students with high support needs. The random sample consisted of 89 participants of both genders on 2 teacher education programs. Data were collected using a 3-part self-report instrument constructed by the researchers. Overall, the participants…

The authors focused on the teaching practice experiences of 224 student teachers. Participants' viewpoint was assessed using the Inventory of Experiences and Perceptions of the Teaching Practice (Caires & Almeida, 2001) at the beginning and the end of the practice year. The authors examined changes in their perceptions and the effect of…

This study tested the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the performance and adjustment of the student teachers who have university supervisors and those who do not. (JA)

This study evaluated the adequacy of a Likert-type scale cooperating teacher report. Results demonstrated a significant presence of leniency error and halo effect, leaving highly questionable the validity of the report as a whole. Findings are discussed. (Author/MT)

Evidence suggests that student teachers are affectively disposed to examples of directive over nondirective supervision. Future research should examine tentative findings that student teachers prefer supervisors of the opposite sex. (Author/CJ)

Investigated the impact of a videotape-based intervention on preservice teachers' semantic reactions to the concept of gifted students. Data from before and after viewing videotapes of focus groups with either achieving or underachieving gifted students indicated that their attitudes about the concept could be differentially affected by the…

The effect of pupils' reading miscues and achievement levels on their teachers' prompting decisions was examined in a study involving teacher trainees and elementary school special education students. Teachers were actively engaged in decision making, and although pupil traits affected teachers' decisions, teaching moves were sometimes…

Taiwanese and U.S. preservice teachers at the beginning and end of their preservice programs completed a teacher efficacy scale. The two groups had conceptually different expectations of teaching, however, their efficacy beliefs showed similar patterns regarding ability to adjust teaching methods to individual students' needs. Participants'…

A study investigated performance assessments for student teachers involving self-evaluation, supervising teachers' evaluations, and college faculty supervisors' evaluations. Results show that student teachers' self-evaluations were significantly higher than either academic or field supervisor's ratings. (JN)

Explored changes in preservice teachers' multicultural attitudes and knowledge, as well as factors that contributed positively to those changes. Student teachers were followed throughout their preparation program. Data from questionnaires and interviews indicated that respondents' multicultural attitudes and knowledge change in a positive…

This study investigated student teachers' perceptions about discipline problems they encountered during student teaching and examined strategies they used to handle the problems. Subjects submitted written narratives describing effectively and ineffectively managed incidents involving discipline problems. Results indicated the subjects defined and…

Study collected 340 Israeli student teachers' views on teaching. Questionnaires indicated significant uncertainty regarding approaches to class management and progressive opinions on curriculum and instruction. Views of prospective elementary teachers at teachers colleges were more progressive than those of secondary teachers at universities. (SM)