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Article: What cooperating teachers are teaching student teachers about classroom management
- Article from:
- The Teacher Educator
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Ball State University Summer 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
As background for the creation of a college course in classroom management for student teachers, this study surveyed what cooperating teachers were already teaching student teachers about classroom management. Fifty-five student teachers and 48 cooperating teachers participated in the research. Findings indicate that the cooperating teachers were generally not aware of specific authors or books about classroom management and were not going to teach a specific knowledge base about management to their student teachers. Rather, the cooperating teachers are sharing experiences and "what works for me" scenarios. A call for outreach and collaboration from the college to the cooperating ...