This article describes an innovation, based on an inquiry-oriented approach to student teacher supervision, in the primary teacher education program at St. George Institute of Education. This approach emphasizes learning to teach rather than evaluation. Third year students acted as supervisors-teachers to first year students engaged in…

The efforts of a small group of teacher educators to develop a program emphasizing reflectivity is described. Grounding program development in a conceptual framework is emphasized. Lessons learned about the program development process are shared. (IAH)

Discusses how a student teacher tried to teach with real books, especially those written by and for Native Americans. Notes that the cooperating teacher's idea of literature study was to teach particular reading skills and to use worksheets and comprehension questions. Appends a 17-item annotated bibliography of recommended books about Native…

Describes a new special education teacher's first year of teaching with 26 children, grades K-3, interweaving life skills with literacy skills. (SR)

The University of Alberta is placing student teachers in the rural schools of Fort Vermilion School Division in northern Alberta. The division provides funds for student teachers' living expenses and receives training for cooperating teachers and the benefit of a potential supply of future teachers. (SV)

Investigates whether a reading methods course and/or student teaching can influence an individual's conceptual framework of reading. Finds some effect on changing subjects' perspectives about teaching reading, but also finds (in a subsequent study) that neither the reading methodology course nor student teaching had a statistically significant…

Uses case-study methods to compare the urban field-teaching experience of two undergraduate teacher-education students. Identifies factors that contributed to one student teacher's success and the other's failure. The successful student teacher was much better at adapting to the needs of her students. (SLD)

Discusses the Matched-Team Configuration, a multiple placement approach to preservice teacher education that makes connections between university teacher education programs and local middle schools. Describes six connections made by the program, noting their effectiveness for student teachers and middle school students. (JPB)

Finds relationships between the process of becoming a proficient science teacher and the process of becoming a competitive swimmer. Notes that the author's student teaching, in concert with theoretical and methodological coursework, and composing a theoretical framework paper on a research-based rational for teaching science, all contributed to a…

Interviewed student teachers before and after the student teaching experience to compare their perceptions of pupil conduct problems at each point in time. Most respondents did not initially anticipate having serious difficulties, and their reported perceptions following the student teaching experience indicated that they had even less concern…

Reviews literature pertaining to the preparation of music student-teaching experiences. Identifies issues that will enhance the student-teaching experience, such as developing student competencies and addressing the emotional needs of student teachers. Discusses the role and expectations for the cooperating teacher because of the influence they…

Explored differences in how mother-students and traditional-aged, non-mother preservice teachers transitioned into classroom settings. Interview and observation data indicated that the overlap and influence between the dual roles of mothering and preservice teaching affected mother-students' transitions. Their maternal perspectives were…

Masafumi Ogawa cares deeply about improving music teacher education and has grave concerns about Japan's current music education and teacher training system. He notes reduced instructional time, cuts in teaching positions, and classroom management issues resulting in the devaluing of music education by administrators, students, and the general…

This article features a dialogue between a student teacher (Eric) and his university supervisor (Jill). It was written shortly after Eric finished his Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, which was an opportune time for both of them because they were able to reflect on the year and what they had learned from each other without the influences…

In teacher education, as in many fields, there are several truths, each based on different assumptions and beliefs. "Conventional teacher education reflects a view of learning to teach as a two-step process of knowledge acquisition and application or transfer." In this view of truth, the university provides theory, skills, and knowledge…