This study aimed to explore the experiences and support needs of allied health students undertaking WIL with established and ongoing telehealth services. Semi-structured qualitative interviews of allied health students (n=10) and clinical educators of allied health students (n=8) were undertaken. Data were subjected to reflexive thematic analysis.…

The practicum experience is a crucial moment of learning for a pre-service teacher (PST). At the heart of the experience is the relationship PSTs have with their cooperating teachers (CTs). To examine how this relationship was negotiated during the practicum, this article applied Cortazzi's analysis of narrative approach to stories told by 13…

This study reports the usefulness of mentoring from the preservice teachers' perspective who were engaged in an eight-week teaching practicum. The study was approached phenomenologically where semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from fourteen preservice teachers. Findings revealed that nearly all participants acknowledged the…

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) begins to develop during teacher education and the teaching practicum reinforces its development. This study is an interpretive inquiry into pre-service mathematics teachers' practicum classrooms. The study explored four pre-service mathematics teachers' PCK through observations and interviews. The pre-service…

This research study examines the establishment and evolution of the first enrollment management credential in the higher education field 25 years ago at the University of Miami. Interviews were conducted with the program's current program director and the two pioneering administrators who created the program. The study also employed an alumni…

Purpose: This study aims to explore the challenges faced by BA students in the Applied English program at the University of Jordan during their practicum experience, focusing on the first semester of the academic year 2022/2023. It seeks to shed light on training environment issues and workplace skills while considering the cultural and economic…

The pandemic outbreak has yielded tremendous uncertainty in educational procedures worldwide, with teaching practicum among the most challenged areas. The internal actors in practicum (supervisors, mentor teachers, and pre-service teachers) had to go through an unprecedented process. In this respect, this study aims to scrutinise the experiences…

Context: Entry-level athletic trainers (ATs) often lack tools necessary to help build confidence and professional networks, especially if they are the only clinicians in their facility. One-way athletic training education can help is to encourage preceptors to assist in mentoring athletic training students (ATSs) as they navigate the shift from…

Paraeducators need appropriate supervision and supports from teachers to be effective in their roles contributing to the inclusion and instruction of students with disabilities. However, previous research has demonstrated that teachers are unprepared for their supervisory role and report a lack of meaningful coursework and other learning…

Preservice mathematics teachers are subject to multiple influences when they make in-the-moment instructional decisions in classroom settings. Little is known about which influences make a significant contribution to decisions regarding the mathematical content knowledge (MCK) that preservice teachers decide to enact. The process by which…

The broad purpose of this study was to address gaps in the literature by applying the Relational Humility Model (RHM; Davis et al., 2010, 2011) to clinical supervision by testing the interpersonal variables of relational humility (RH; Davis et al., 2011), the supervisory working alliance (SWA, Bordin, 1983), and relational behavior (RB; Shaffer…

The present study adds to an ongoing debate about third spaces in teacher education, spaces where theory and practice come together. One third space is constituted by the written tasks from practicum. Yet research has shown only modest emphasis on theory in such tasks. Tasks from two versions of a programme are used to represent two different…

As part of their third-year general chemistry program, students at the University of the Côte d'Azur are taught the basics of radioactivity. The view that third-year university students have of the periodic Table of the Elements is often reduced because it ignores the vast majority of isotopes. As part of this program, a practicum devoted to the…

This article documents a year-long collaborative self-study of three teacher educators engaged in a practicum innovation in a teacher education program. This study, which is part of a larger study examining practicum-based seminars called "Particulars of Practice" (POP), focuses on exploring our own practices and identities within this…

This paper reports on research examining how male pre-service primary school teachers negotiate masculinities during their time within majority-female spaces. Four white undergraduate pre-service teachers in the North of England, UK, who were training to teach children aged 5-11 years were recruited. Interviews took place pre-and-post their…