Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of a student teaching internship program on the self-efficacy of pre-service teachers in China. Design/methodology/approach: With 1,367 participants, structural equation modelling was used to evaluate the fit of the hypothetical model and a latent path analysis was conducted to…

Filled with practical steps for all the stakeholders in the student teaching experience, this article emphasizes the many ways that communication adds to student teaching success, as well as includes useful checklists.

The purpose of this study was to survey and examine the selection criteria used by school districts administrators to select cooperating teachers to work with student teachers in Central New Jersey. Furthermore, the study sought out the perceptions of school district administrators with regards to the selection process and training of cooperating…

This paper describes the Chicago Area Directors of Student Teachers (CADST), formed in 1969 as an outgrowth of the Chicago Consortium, which was designed to initiate cooperation among institutions of higher education in the Chicago area. Members of CADST work together to share ideas and deal with issues relevant to working with preservice…

Self-reported survey data from 230 male and female students who had completed student teaching indicated that 17.4% alleged some form of sexual harassment during either their preclinical experiences or their student teaching. Alleged harassers included building administrators, cooperating teachers, and university supervisors. (IAH)