Fieldwork (FW) education is integral to occupational therapy (OT) education and enables the transition of a student to an entry-level practitioner. Clinicians who serve as FW educators play a significant role in this process. To deliver OT education, universities must support FW educators and address their needs and concerns. This study surveyed…

National and international calls for increased work-integrated learning (WIL) offerings have increased in the last decade. Although previous research on WIL engagement has explored population-specific barriers experienced during participation, a gap exists on barriers experienced by students across the participation spectrum, including those who…

Classroom management preparation has long been insufficient and stagnant, creating issues that disproportionately impacts beginning teacher success. I propose the CM PReP framework to guide teacher educators towards redesigning courses to appropriately prepare pre-service teachers to manage the needs of current students. By fixating classroom…

Professional identity development is a complex process characterized by the internalization of the intended profession's knowledge, skills, ethos, and behaviors. This mixed methods study aimed to examine the influence of Level I fieldwork education on professional identity development in master's level occupational therapy students. The MacLeod…

This qualitative study examines service-learning reflections of 34 preservice teachers enrolled in a senior-level educator preparation course at a public university in the southern United States. Participants reflected on their experiences with an early literacy service-learning project with children in crisis situations. The service-learning…

This pilot study on pre-service teachers examined whether simulated challenging classroom behavior produced a cardiovascular stress response, and whether this response varied based on personal characteristics. Ninety pre-service teachers attending a university in the U.S. read narratives concerning classroom behavior while wearing sensors…

The current study examines the impact of fieldwork activities on Indonesian preservice biology teachers' attitudes towards the environment and self-reported conservation behavior. A total of 283 Indonesian preservice biology teachers (16% male and 84% female) participated in the study and four different instruments were used to explore the…

The theme for the 60th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Literacy: The Critical Role of Teacher Knowledge. This Yearbook provides a snapshot of the highlights of the meeting and sampling of some of the proceedings. The focus is on three questions surrounding the conference theme: (1) What do…