Challenging Prospective Teachers' Beliefs during Early Field Experience: A Quixotic Undertaking?.

McDiarmid, G. Williamson

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ERIC Number: EJ414227

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Challenging Prospective Teachers' Beliefs during Early Field Experience: A Quixotic Undertaking?

McDiarmid, G. Williamson

Journal of Teacher Education, v41 n3 p12-20 May-Jun 1990

An education course for prospective teachers was designed to include a field experience that challenged students' underlying beliefs about teaching and learning. This article describes and discusses prospective teachers' reactions to encounters with an unconventional third grade teacher's approach to teaching negative numbers. (IAH)

Descriptors: Education Courses, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Teaching Styles

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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