What is it about?
This study explored the perceptions of preservice teacher candidates who participated in a pilot partnership between a public teacher education preparation program and Junior Achievement (JA).
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Why is it important?
The results suggested that preservice teacher candidates perceived an expanded sense of comfort with teaching strategies, classroom management, and diversity during the actual teaching of the lessons in the field experience. Additionally, participants reported increased confidence levels with their own preparation to teach. The partnership with JA that provided a quality, early field experience may have enhanced the general pedagogical proficiencies needed for preservice teachers to succeed as practicing educators.
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Early field experiences are essential for connecting course content and the realities of the classroom. Field experiences using JA curricula have been shown to have fidelity to instructional content within a general methods course and this study validated this finding (Piro & Hutchinson, 2009).
Dr Jody S Piro
Western Connecticut State University
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This page is a summary of: Quality and Early Field Experiences: Partnering with Junior Achievement, The Teacher Educator, January 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/08878730.2014.975060.
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