Preparing for Professional Experiences--Incorporating Pre-Service Teachers as "Communities of Practice".

By C. Sim. 2006

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Engaging student teachers in meaningful reflective practice (2008, methodology): “The tutorial was selected as the nucleus of this study, as it was felt that it represented the most appropriate mechanism for fostering a community of practice in which student teachers could transform the challenges confronting them in the practicum into professional knowledge (Sim, 2006).”
Curriculum design for inquiry: Preservice elementary teachers' mobilization and adaptation of science curriculum materials (2010, background): “Previous research has shown that effective field experiences are long-term and stable, involve the careful selection of cooperating teachers, and are tightly integrated with methods courses that promote reflective, intellectual, and professional teaching practice (Sim, 2006; Zembal, Starr, & Krajcik”
What characterises a good practicum in teacher education? (2011, background): “Lacking integration between the different kinds of knowledge, practice teaching (knowing how) and university coursework (knowing that) is a common criticism of teacher education (Sim, 2006; Wilson, 2006).”