ERIC Number: EJ950419
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
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The Preservice Teachers Are Watching: Framing and Reframing the Field Experience
Scherff, Lisa; Singer, Nancy Robb
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v28 n2 p263-272 Feb 2012
In this article we employ Sizers' (1999) school- and classroom-based lenses for observation and apply them to the events and interactions that teacher education students see during school-based field experiences. Our data include online reflections and discussions among 33 students enrolled in a teacher education program at a large, public university. Our findings show that participants engaged in a complex series of framing(s) and reframing(s) to make sense of their experience. Further, we show how computer-mediated communication tools can promote framing and reflection among preservice teachers and enhance the face-to-face instruction university teacher educators provide. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication, Teacher Education Programs, Field Experience Programs, Teacher Educators, Interaction, Students, Higher Education, College Faculty, Conventional Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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