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Grande, Marya; Burns, Barbara; Schmidt, Raquel; Marable, Michele A. – Teacher Educator, 2009
This article describes a paid field experience designed to investigate teacher candidates' willingness to teach in urban schools. Seventy-three teacher candidates each participated in an urban field experience including 90 hours of tutoring and 12 hours of training. Data from pre and post surveys indicated no significant difference as the number…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Urban Teaching, Summer Programs, Incentives
Burns, Barbara A.; Grande, Marya; Marable, Michele A. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2008
This study reports problems faced by urban schools as well as teacher education's attempts to remedy these problems, and explores one college's effort to understand the complexities of teacher candidates' decision to work in urban schools. A paid field experience in an urban school district allowed teacher candidates to explore their perceptions…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Work Attitudes, Student Teacher Attitudes, Attribution Theory