Myths and Realities: Field-Based Experiences in Preservice Teacher Education.

Zeichner, Kenneth M.

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Publication Date: 1980

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Myths and Realities: Field-Based Experiences in Preservice Teacher Education.

Zeichner, Kenneth M.

Journal of Teacher Education, v31 n6 p45-49,51-55 Nov-Dec 1980

Two myths concerning the value of preservice field-based experience are explored: (1) Practical school experience contributes to the development of better teachers; and (2) Teacher education's institutional structures are totally coercive and students passively conform to school bureaucracies' conservative norms. (JN)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Research, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Experience

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