ERIC Number: EJ1145612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 15
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Pre-Service Teachers' Evaluation of Their Mentor Teachers, School Experiences, and Theory-Practice Relationship
Alemdag, Ecenaz; Simsek, Pinar Özdemir
International Journal of Progressive Education, v13 n2 p165-179 2017
This case study investigated practicum experiences of pre-service teachers by focusing on their evaluation of mentor teachers, school experiences, and theory-practice relationships. Interviews were conducted with six teacher candidates, and observations in the participants' practice schools were made. The results revealed that mentor teachers had both positive and negative qualities with respect to social support, professional support, and role-modeling mentoring functions. Moreover, pre-service teachers reported that they mostly experienced or felt difficulty in classroom management; parallel with this difficulty, their learning gains in classroom management were the highest. These teachers also emphasized that there was no relationship between theory and practice in teacher education and that developmental psychology and communication courses and those presenting teaching-related cases were effective at building readiness for the teaching profession. Based on the findings, several suggestions for future practices were proposed in the study.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Mentors, Educational Experience, Theory Practice Relationship, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Student Teachers, Interviews, Teacher Education Programs, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Qualitative Research, Preservice Teacher Education, Observation, Practicums, Content Analysis
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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