This research study shows one teacher preparation program's (TPP) attempt to better gauge coteaching implementation and how a TPP can provide more immediate pair support. We present findings from the analysis of 777 weekly coteaching reflection surveys completed by 44 secondary preservice teachers over 20 weeks of the clinical experience. The…

During field experiences in teacher education, student teachers are generally placed individually with a mentor. Teacher education institutes search for alternative field experience models, inspired by collaborative learning such as team teaching. This study explores two team teaching models, parallel and sequential teaching, by investigating the…

Within a sociocultural framework, we use situated learning theory to explore the use of a coteaching approach during student teaching. Coteaching is a model for learning to teach where clinical educators and teacher candidates teach alongside one another and share responsibility for pupil learning. Teacher education programs have adopted this…

In this conceptual article, we present a theoretical framework designed to illustrate the many contexts and factors that interact and shape the work of mentor teachers. Drawing on the literature on K-12 teaching and on teacher preparation, we argue for greater acknowledgment of the complex work of mentor teachers as they navigate multiple…

This article examines the teaching practices and pedagogical theories preservice teachers (PSTs) enacted in a newly designed after-school literacy club field placement. We draw from sociocultural and activity theories to analyze data collected in the qualitative study that examined the following research questions: (1) What teaching practices do…

This article reports on a team teaching adventure at the University of Miami in which 40 junior education majors were taught by a college team. (JA)

This article describes a teacher education approach devised by the Emory University's Division of Educational Studies and two systems of the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area that combines in-service education and preservice education. (JA)

This narrative inquiry weaves Schwab's commonplaces of curriculum and Clandinin, Pushor, and Murray Orr's narrative commonplaces through stories of conflict between a professional developer and 30 high school lead teachers. In her role as manager of a mathematics leadership institute situated between two urban public school districts and a…

A program in which college supervisors, cooperating teachers, and education students cooperate and work as a team is described. (JD)

University Level IGE is seen as applicable and effective for professors because the procedural elements of IGE, particularly team teaching and the deliberate use of varying modes of media instruction, are readily transferable to the university environment. (MM)

Four main areas of concern in team teaching are organizing course material, managing time, remaining in contact with students, and establishing good relationships among team members. (LH)

This article discusses reforms made in the Minneapolis Public School System. (JS)