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Perceptions of Teacher Candidates' Experiences in Paired Placements: Perceptions of Paired Placements

Perceptions of Teacher Candidates' Experiences in Paired Placements: Perceptions of Paired Placements

Jeanine B. Jechura, Cynthia Diane Bertelsen
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522500346|ISBN10: 1522500340|EISBN13: 9781522500353
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0034-6.ch082
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Jechura, Jeanine B., and Cynthia Diane Bertelsen. "Perceptions of Teacher Candidates' Experiences in Paired Placements: Perceptions of Paired Placements." Special and Gifted Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1885-1909. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0034-6.ch082

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Jechura, J. B. & Bertelsen, C. D. (2016). Perceptions of Teacher Candidates' Experiences in Paired Placements: Perceptions of Paired Placements. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Special and Gifted Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1885-1909). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0034-6.ch082

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Jechura, Jeanine B., and Cynthia Diane Bertelsen. "Perceptions of Teacher Candidates' Experiences in Paired Placements: Perceptions of Paired Placements." In Special and Gifted Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1885-1909. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0034-6.ch082

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Abstract

This qualitative inquiry described the nature of paired placements within a revolutionary new teacher education program designed to prepare undergraduate teacher education candidates for employment in inclusive early childhood learning environments. The focus of this project, reflecting a Vygotskian lens, has emerged into a five-fold examination: to document the ways that pairs work together, to articulate the outcomes of pairings as contrasted with single arrangements, to identify the practices that make pairings successful or not, to examine the practice of pairing students from the mentor teachers' perspective, and to explore how collaboration between student teachers and mentor teachers lead to critical reflection about teaching. Data sources included semi-structured interviews with teacher candidates and cooperating mentors and teachers, observations and field notes. The site for this study was a university-based early childhood center.

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