Portrait of Success: Cooperating Teachers and the Student Teaching Experience
Kahn, Brian B.
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Description
Title
Portrait of Success: Cooperating Teachers and the Student Teaching Experience
Author(s)
Kahn, Brian B.
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Clift, Renée T.
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Language
eng
Abstract
"Current research on student teachers and the student teacher experience has often neglects the point of view of the cooperating teacher. Through 20 interviews with cooperating teachers, the author obtained data on how cooperating teachers define a successful student teaching experience and what they believe could enhance their success. The data from the interviews confirms certain trends in these perceptions, including the importance of a ""mutual learning relationship"" between the student and cooperating teacher. Cooperating teachers also called for greater support and collaboration from the university community, defined by (1) improved communication about university expectations, (2) more courses and inservicing for cooperating teachers, (3) input from cooperating teachers about the content and delivery of methods courses, and (4) more input from cooperating teachers in the development of teacher education programs. The author concludes that more effective teacher education models must be informed by a larger data base of information from cooperating teachers, and that collaborative teacher education programs must include the voices of the professional who works closest with the student teacher."
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