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Article: Pre-service teachers' reflections on student teaching experiences: lessons learned and suggestions for reform in PETE programs. (The Physical Educator).
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- Physical Educator
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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Abstract
Scholars and researchers in education have considered student teaching as one of the most important areas of undergraduate teacher preparation. It is in student teaching that pre-service teachers practice skills of teaching and learn to design and implement curricular activities, and to get along with students of varying physical abilities and cultural differences. A continuing concern for teacher educators is how to improve effectiveness of student teaching. Reflections on student teaching experiences are important to consider in trying to understand and improve student teaching practice. Thus, an interpretive perspective guided the study. The purpose ...