In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of educators across Massachusetts when schools closed their doors to in-person learning for the school year. Online teaching and learning became the norm as teachers quickly adapted their lessons for virtual classrooms. Student teachers were among these educators, finding themselves…

COVID-19 profoundly impacted teacher preparation during the close of the 2019-20 school year. Based on survey responses from nearly all Washington State teacher education programs (TEPs), we find that the pandemic had predictable but concerning effects on teacher preparation; most notably, student teaching requirements were greatly reduced or…

In response to increased accountability demands placed on teacher preparation programs across the US, some programs are using standardized teacher performance assessments, such as edTPA. A recent mandate for this study's elementary teacher preparation program is teacher candidates' successful completion of edTPA for teacher certification. A case…

Differences in attitudes toward pupil control between university educators and cooperating pupil school teachers were measured to determine if student teachers might be receiving conflicting sets of expectations. The results of the study confirm that college supervisors have a more humanistic attitude toward pupil control than cooperating teachers…

There were no significant differences between groups of teachers receiving three different styles of supervision during teaching practicum with respect to the influence of the cooperating teacher upon the attitudes of the preservice teachers toward science teaching. There was no systematic trend toward or away from the teacher in any group. The…

Measurement of the interpersonal perceptions of student teachers, college supervisors, and cooperating teachers in the pupil schools revealed that the interns' self-concepts were similar to their perceptions of how their college supervisors would rate them as prospective teachers but highly dissimilar to their perceptions of their cooperating…

The purpose of this study was to compare subjective accounts of supervisory meetings from the viewpoint of 25 student teachers, their cooperating teachers, and eight university supervisors. Changes in these viewpoints over the first semester of student teaching were also examined. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Examined student teachers' views about the influence of contributions from university professors, cooperating teachers, and other student teachers on their professional development. Journals of 16 student teachers show the meaningful roles of cooperating teachers and university supervisors. The quality of dialogue maintained during the practicum…