The current qualitative study addresses the growing concern in preservice teacher (PT) education that simply increasing the amount of field experiences in teacher preparation programs may just reinforce the status quo in teaching. The focus in this report is on how a series of literacy tutorials, designed as hybrid spaces for learning, provide…

The authors consider the future of special education personnel preparation by responding to an overarching question: "What frameworks might teacher educators use as a basis to promote special education teacher effective performance now and in the future?" In answering this question, they summarize current trends in the context of…

I investigated eight preservice teachers' understandings about culturally responsive pedagogy as they tutored children in writing from different ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds in an afterschool program at a local community center. I utilized an embedded case study and chose constant comparison, within-case analysis and…

In this study, we examined dynamics of pedagogical involvement of 39 preservice teachers (PST) as they tutored students at a charter school serving lower income, diverse students. We qualitatively analyzed PSTs' initial predictions, refections following each tutoring session, our observations of college students' lessons, and final anonymous…

Examined elementary and secondary prospective teachers' perceptions of the ways in which their experiences as tutors in school-based tutoring programs influenced their professional development. Data from surveys, reflective papers, and individual and focus group interviews revealed five main ways they perceived the tutoring experience contributed…

Analyzed prospective teachers' e-mail messages to their instructors as they tutored pupils in reading and mathematics. Results revealed several themes which indicated that students benefitted from the field-based experiences and the support of e-mail communications. Themes focused on instructional growth, emotional attachments, why students…

Philosophy, technique, and issues of tutoring are presented to aid student teachers in sharpening tutoring, teaching, and communication skills. The establishment of a positive student self-concept and the prospective tutor's development of effective questioning techniques are two of the topics treated. A guide for volunteer tutors is appended. (LH)

The Early Field Experience (EFE) is the laboratory component of a "Reading in the Content Area" methods course. Preservice secondary education teacher candidates are required to tutor a middle or high school student on a one-to-one basis for a semester. Content area reading strategies are taught in class and the EFE students apply them in their…

The "Preparing Elementary Teachers to Teach Mathematics (PETTM) Project" (1988-1991) was a cooperative university/school effort to improve the teaching of mathematics by elementary teachers with its primary focus on improving the university training of preservice teachers (PSTs) in mathematics. This document, volume III of the project's 5-volume…