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- Title: Integrating Coursework and Field Placements: The Impact on Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Connections to Teaching.
- Author : Teacher Education Quarterly
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 246 KB
Description
Teacher education programs provide many environments and experiences in an effort to support elementary preservice teacher development. Ultimately the goal is to transform the student into the teacher. Students enter teacher education programs focused on their present education, grades, and getting that long-sought-after degree; by selecting a degree in education, students also make a commitment to becoming a teacher. But what do these students really know and understand about what it means to be a classroom teacher? Does their understanding (or lack of understanding) affect their motivation towards learning, particularly in their education methods courses where they must integrate theory and effective instructional practices to design lessons? Research indicates that, in general, people who have clearer understandings of their future professional goals are more motivated in college courses (Peetsma, 2000). Schutz, Crowder, and White (2001) examined the goal histories of preservice teachers and discovered that there were many socio-historical and emotional factors that influence not only their participants' goals to become a teacher but also their abilities to reach that goal. They found four sources of influence on the preservice teachers' goal to become a teacher: (1) family; (2) past teachers; (3) peers; and (4) teaching experiences.