This interpretative phenomenological analysis study explored how the lived experiences of seven sheriffs residing in Louisiana, while transitioning through various training phases in their careers, influenced their progression, perceptions, and leadership practices. After reviewing both the President Executive Task Force on 21st Century Final…

Fieldwork in ecology education does things. By employing Donna Haraway's concept "becoming-with companion species" and Cathrine Hasse's "emotional collectives" to explore fieldwork practice on a bog in Sweden, a piece of the doings will be told. The aim of this study is to explore how ecology fieldwork affords emotional…

Purpose: To describe the influence of negotiations on instruction when preservice teachers taught elementary students using a skill theme approach. Methods: Participants were nine preservice teachers from one physical education teacher education program enrolled in a 9-week early field experience. They taught kindergarten, first-, and second-grade…

Emotion is an integral part of the knowledge production process, yet is rarely acknowledged within research methods teaching or textbooks. As educators, preparing students for fieldwork is essential, and should go beyond skill-learning, towards building confidence in their ability to react both ethically and appropriately during fieldwork. This…

The Educator Preparation Program at a burgeoning university in the Southwest United States offered preservice teachers two models of field residency experience. The students who participated in the cohort model had the same university supervisor and cooperating teacher during all three semesters of field residency and took two education classes…

Using Valencia et al.'s 2009 article "Complex Interactions in Student Teaching: Lost Opportunities for Learning" as a starting point for dialogue, cooperating teachers (CTs), recent graduates, and current teaching candidates of an English Education Program participated in focus group discussions on the attributes of effective CTs and…

The field of geography especially lends itself to fieldwork, getting students out of the classrooms and into the real world. Furthermore, studies have shown that when traditional lecture style is replaced at least in part with approaches that incorporate active learning, students earn higher examination grades and have a greater chance of passing…

This paper explores ways in which cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) provides a useful framework for examination of reflection and action during inclusive education fieldwork. Deeper understanding of combined reflection and action - praxis - is needed for researchers and teacher educators to support teacher candidates' implementation of…

Diversity and social justice are central values in social work practice and education; however, there is paucity of research examining the ways these issues are infused into students' field education. In this article, we analyze field instructors' discourses about diversity and social justice through their discussion of how they understand and…

During field experiences in teacher education, student teachers are generally placed individually with a mentor. Teacher education institutes search for alternative field experience models, inspired by collaborative learning such as team teaching. This study explores two team teaching models, parallel and sequential teaching, by investigating the…

This study examined the effectiveness of computer-assisted and excursion strategies on secondary school students' achievement in Biology towards sustainable development. The study adopted quazi experimental research design. The population consisted of all the biology students in public senior secondary schools in South West, Nigeria. The sample…

This paper presents a narrative inquiry approach to understanding the early professional development (PD) of student teachers of English at a state university in Turkey. With the twofold functioning of narrative as a tool for both research and PD, we probe into how student teachers' early PD trajectories are shaped through observational narrative…

Integrated river science provides decision-making life-skills for individuals and communities facing environmental change; it is a variant of critical physical geography through its socio-political dimensions. As an example, the frequency and magnitude of river flooding are amplified by climate change: society needs to understand how to cope…

Faculty in the Chemistry and Environmental Science programs at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, collaborated to develop an undergraduate course in Field-Based Environmental Chemistry. The course was developed and implemented as a 2-semester, 1-semester, and online, synchronous course offered during the 2020/21 COVID-19 pandemic. As…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how, and to what degree, culturally responsive field experiences influence the knowledge, beliefs, perspectives and abilities of teacher candidates in an educator preparation program (EPP). Design/methodology/approach: Researchers conducted a mixed methods study using a pre-/post-Likert scale survey…