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ERIC Number: EJ406256
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Practicum in Teacher Education: The Iowa-UPSTEP Example.
Penick, John E.; And Others
Teaching Education, v2 n2 p73-79 Win 1988
The model Iowa-UPSTEP (Undergraduate Preservice Science Teacher Education Program) practicum series of field experiences at the University of Iowa is described. Participants begin in elementary schools (to change their behaviors away from the traditional teacher-centered science classroom) and progress to full student teaching in a science student-teacher center. (SM)
Descriptors: College Students, Demonstration Programs, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Practicums, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Teachers, Student Development, Student Experience, Student Teaching
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Iowa UPSTEP; University of Iowa