Preservice Teachers' Observations of Cooperating Teachers and Peers while Participating in an Early Field Experience

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Nancy A.; Barksdale, Mary Alice; Hite, Clare E.
Titel	Preservice Teachers' Observations of Cooperating Teachers and Peers while Participating in an Early Field Experience
Quelle	In: Teacher Education Quarterly, 32 (2005) 4, S.97-117 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-5328
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Observation; Cooperating Teachers; Field Experience Programs; Teacher Improvement; Elementary Education; Observational Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Beobachtung; Co-operation; Cooperation; Teacher; Teachers; Kooperation; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Praxisnahes Lernen; Elementarunterricht; Imitationslernen
Abstract	This study investigates the value of early field experience students' observations of both peers and cooperating teachers in elementary classrooms where they had daily instructional duties. The participants in this study were 34 elementary education students enrolled in their last semester of coursework before the final student teaching experience. The authors pose four research questions: (1) From the perspective of preservice teachers, what was the value of observing cooperating teachers in the early field experience?; (2) From the perspective of preservice teachers, what was the value of observing peers in the early field experience?; (3) What behaviors did preservice teachers ask their peer observers to target?; and (4) What was the nature of preservice teachers' reflections on the experience of observing cooperating teachers and peers? Findings revealed that participants in this study perceived the experience of observing both cooperating teachers and peers to be both beneficial and enjoyable. The authors hope that the peer-observation experience will lead preservice teachers to seek additional opportunities as inservice teachers. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10