Abstract:In the nearly twelve hundred teacher education programs of the United States, laboratory experiences in student teaching are normally required of all candidates. To culminate their professional preparation, more than two hundred thousand teachers currently work with more than one hundred and fifty thousand cooperating teachers (39:1). No group or authority calls for the deemphasis of student teaching, and its continuance and expansion are taken for granted. Many believe that student-teaching experiences compri… Show more
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