This study examines the White racial identity (WRI) development of pre-service teachers in diverse and nondiverse student teaching placements. A qualitative design, using constant comparative analysis yielded salient themes/categories. Our results provide evidence that experience in diverse settings might provide opportunities for individuals to…

The purpose of this action research study was to investigate undergraduate preservice student-teachers' interpretations of written reflections and how these written reflections impacted their thoughts about teaching practices. A second question was to investigate how preservice teachers talked about their processes of reflection beyond the…

This study examined the effects of an extensive inquiry-based field experience on pre service elementary teachers' personal agency beliefs, a composite measure of context beliefs and capability beliefs related to teaching science. The research combined quantitative and qualitative approaches and included an experimental group that utilized the…

This study explored and compared the ways in which school-based cooperating teachers and college supervisors evaluate student teachers. The scores allocated to student teachers by school-based cooperating teachers and college supervisors in the final field experience evaluations of student teachers were analyzed. A mixed methods research design…

Two preservice teacher education programs (one standard and one alternative program) were compared to determine whether final ratings of student teachers in the two programs would differ significantly. The standard program involved seven semesters of course work culminating in a semester of student teaching. The alternative program, the Resident…

This study examined the effects of the field experience for student teachers in terms of pupil outcomes. Two main questions were posed: (1) Does the reading or mathematics achievement of pupils in classrooms with a student teacher differ from the achievement of pupils in classrooms without a student teacher? and (2) Among classrooms with a student…

The differences in the field experiences of elementary student teachers and secondary student teachers were studied in 36 student teachers over a two-semester field experience. Methodology and results are reported, and recommendations to improve the field experience of secondary education student teachers are given. (JL)

Uses journals to record perceptions of student teachers of music during a pre-service teaching experience and determines factors that strongly affect perception. Indicates that expectations and evaluations were lower for students teaching at the elementary level when it was their second placement. (CMK)

This study examined whether increased exploratory field experiences affected the perceptions and evaluations of secondary school student teachers at Indiana State University. Studied were 238 student teachers who were simultaneously undergoing two different professional preparation programs: 154 were in a program requiring only one field…

Compares the impact of two types of early field experiences on prospective teachers' attitudes, beliefs, and dialect-speaking elementary school children. Assesses student teachers' perceived helpfulness of field-based experiences, theoretical orientation for reading instruction, and attitudes toward dialect speakers. Advocates an immersion-type…

This study compared the effects of a field-based mathematics methods course and a traditional university-based mathematics methods course on preservice teachers in their development of teaching concepts in elementary mathematics. Case studies of students representative of the two groups indicated significant differences in their teaching concepts.…

This study was designed to provide a rich description of the changing perceptions student teachers had about increased personal growth and enhanced global awareness as a result of teaching placements in foreign countries. The study included an examination of research on the impact of international student teaching (IST) experiences, description of…