This dissertation examines the role of reflective practice in the development of teacher candidates during their final internship in a teacher preparation program at a state college in Southwest Florida. Grounded in Dewey's and Schon's theories on reflective practice as well as Vygotsky's social learning theories, this mixed methods explanatory…

This document is the fourth in an annual survey series summarizing data from the Colleges of Education in Florida's nine state universities. At the end of each quarter, each university forwards a report to a central university system office containing information on students who were assigned to schools to fulfill field experience internship…