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ERIC Number: EJ292103
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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An Examination of the Effects of Extending the Practicum on the Professional Dispositions of Student Teachers.
Covert, James R.; Clifton, Rodney A.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v29 n4 p297-307 Dec 1983
Compares effect of practicum length on professional predispositions (motivation toward teaching, attitudes toward teaching career, student teachers' self-concept) of 60 Canadian student teachers. Students completing 20-week practicum had significantly lower values than those completing 3-week practicum. Only after lengthy practicum does reality of job overcome idealized views. (MH)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Motivation, Practicums, Preservice Teacher Education, Pretests Posttests, Program Length, Self Concept, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Work Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada