There are three barriers to successful laboratory experiences: shortage of trained laboratory-experienced supervisors, a lack of requirements for specific preparation for teachers who serve as school-based supervisors, and a lack of preparation and study among college and university supervisors of laboratory experiences. (JD)

Uses the concept of rites of passage in a study of how cultural knowledge about the teaching process is acquired during student teaching. (MW)

Argues that the simple inclusion of reflection (intentional self-examination of thinking) in student teaching is insufficient and that both supervising teacher and student teacher need to examine what they understand by reflection and what they mean by teaching. The unexamined use of reflection compounds difficulties already inherent in…

Describes the United Kingdom's IT-INSET program, which offers opportunities for Initial Training (IT) for students and Inservice Education and Training (INSET) for teachers and tutors. IT-INSET provides a collaborative, professional approach to curriculum design and evaluation. The paper examines the six principles and objectives of IT-INSET. (SM)

Student teachers completing urban field experiences were trained in reflective thinking. Comparisons with students who did not receive the training indicated that field experiences with opportunities to reflect on practice increased the likelihood that students could recognize and process more of the complexity marking teaching and learning,…

Describes innovative student teaching programs, noting assumptions about power, knowledge, and language of teaching. The paper discusses contrasting relationships (consonance, critical dissonance, and collaborative resonance), arguing that programs based on collaborative university-school relationships provide unique learning opportunities. The…

Develops failure indices and analyzes student teacher failure through snapshots of individuals unable to fulfill either their personal and professional expectations and/or those of their teacher preparation program. Research at three university sites found several relevant factors (age and gender distribution, poor interpersonal skills,…

Discusses the ways that videotape technology can be used to help evaluate and advise preservice teaching activities of student teachers. Describes a method by which teachers videotape their own class session for the purpose of self-evaluation. Argues for the benefits of such a method. (HB)

Discusses several technical, psychological, and philosophical reasons for the underestimation of reflective teaching that make use of nonrational teacher behavior. Several techniques are described for the promotion of reflection on nonrational processes, such as the use of metaphors, drawing or painting, making photographs, and guided fantasy.…

Research on teachers' work should be systematically included in teacher education curricula. Findings from international literature on teachers' work emphasize: characteristics of teachers' work, working conditions, and teaching as coping and adapting. New teachers need an active role in their own socialization. Teacher educators should include…

Explains that the experience of college students' practice teaching exhibits a number of shortcomings that derive from the content of education in universities and teaching institutions in Russia. Addresses the quality of college students' overall-scientific training and the psychological-teacher training in the shaping of the teacher. (CMK)

Follows the progress of one preservice teacher during the early stages of struggling to shape her teaching career. Her growing self-knowledge as an educator, her image of teaching, and her beliefs are juxtaposed with literature on teaching and the expectations this literature holds for candidates like her. Barriers to the development of reflective…

Discusses the socialization of beginning teachers, examining the relationship between beginning teachers and mentors; presenting a case study of one teacher who had an unsatisfactory mentoring relationship with her mentor during her first year of teaching; discussing expectations for the mentor-protege relationship of teacher educators and their…

Examines student teaching portfolios in action within preservice teacher education, describing how the University of Colorado mandated student teaching portfolios for preservice educators. A study examined whether portfolio construction would enhance student teachers' reflection on practice. Data from interviews and students' written reflections…

This article outlines the goals and components of the Specialization in International Education teacher education program, launched at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1998. The program includes an international teaching practicum. Data from 16 students who have completed the program indicate its effectiveness. (Contains references.) (CR)