This is the tale of 74 teacher education candidates whose final student teaching field experiences were abruptly interrupted due to school and university closures. Ways they continued their student teaching amidst switching to online instruction are presented. University support for teacher candidates and classroom teachers is documented.…

In the paramedicine profession, students who strive for a career as a paramedic are placed with prehospital paramedic preceptors who interact, teach, oversee and evaluate these future professionals before they advance to their chosen profession. Preceptors are individual professionals picked by local educational institutions and have met minimal…

Physician Assistant (PA) education is based on a model of didactic instruction followed by clinical experiences under the supervision of practicing health care providers, termed "clinical preceptors." These supervised clinical practice experiences provide real-world opportunities for students to practice the skills of patient care and…

If the practicum is the most valued element of a teacher education program, how good is each teacher candidate's learning and how well is it supported by the university supervisor? While most self-studies of teacher education practices focus on practices in the university classroom, this article reports an analysis of a supervisor's practices,…

In a report on the nursing shortage, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing cited insufficient preceptors as one of the factors influencing the decreased intake of nursing students to registered nurse (RN) programs, thus compounding the shortage issue. The site selected for this project was a teaching hospital that annually facilitates…

Forced termination precipitated by interns' departure is prominent yet challenging due to the way it "feels" to leave clients prematurely. Educators endorse a triadic, relational, supervisory matrix for interns' in vivo learning, which situates instruction at the cleavage of the technical and affective aspects of the forced ending…

This paper describes consultation training experiences offered through a decades-long partnership between a university school psychology graduate program and a local Head Start center. The collaboration provides a field placement setting where beginning students engage in activities tied to first-year coursework, and an advanced practicum site for…

Many recently developed technologies have the potential to significantly improve teacher preparation programs. In this article, I describe three specific examples of integrating technology into both the coursework and field placements of a teacher preparation program. The technologies described are Nearpod for course content delivery, and GoReact…

Context: Preceptors serve to model behaviors for athletic training students (ATSs) and provide meaningful practical experiences. Preceptor development in athletic training has been described as both formal and informal training. Whereas regular and ongoing formal preceptor training is common and an expectation of accreditation, informal training…

Supervision in the outpatient context is increasingly in the form of single day interactions between students and preceptors. This creates difficulties for effective feedback, which often depends on a strong relationship of trust between preceptor and student. Building on feedback theories focusing on the relational and dialogic aspects of…

The goal of this research was to investigate successful experiences and challenges of student teachers during their learning and training period. Participants were student-teachers enrolled in a Primary Grades Teacher Education program at a large women's university. A mixed-method approach was followed, using reflective journals, group interviews,…

There is a constant interplay between the "people" ("agency") and the "parts" ("structure" and "culture"), not only in teaching and learning, but also in postgraduate supervision practices globally. However, in South Africa, the tendency to use "structure" (higher education architecture,…

Nurse preceptors are challenged to not only teach but also evaluate student nurse's clinical skills in a complex practice environment. This basic qualitative study illuminated factors that influenced the role of the nurse preceptor, as well as teaching and evaluation aspects in the precepting guidance of student nurses. Albert Bandura's…

Practicum experience in counseling and therapy training can be an anxiety-inducing time as students begin to apply their acquired theoretical knowledge. On-site supervisors closely monitor students' development by making use of example-based involvements to provide valuable insights and learning opportunities. This paper examines the findings from…

There is a heightened focus within teacher education to centralize clinical experiences and develop strong partnerships between schools and universities. University field supervisors fulfill a critical role within clinical experiences because they are uniquely situated in spaces where they can help preservice teachers and school-based partners…