Teaching Practice at the University of South Africa: A Special Type of Field Experience.

McDonald, Ria

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Publication Date: 1995

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Teaching Practice at the University of South Africa: A Special Type of Field Experience.

McDonald, Ria

Action in Teacher Education, v17 n2 p76-80 Sum 1995

Describes preservice teacher training in South Africa, highlighting distance teaching (including a guided self-study workbook) that leads to a one-year postgraduate higher education diploma designed to meet the teacher shortage. The paper discusses the extent to which students can be guided to bridge the gap between theory and practice in field experience via distance education. (SM)

Descriptors: Distance Education, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study, Preservice Teacher Education, Reflective Teaching, Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Teacher Shortage

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

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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