Becoming a teacher: Research on the work-integrated learning of student teachers (Print copy)

Open access book available at https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK215

Volume Editors: Josef de Beer & Neal Petersen & Herman J. van Vuuren
Publication date: 2020
Format:  Paperback & Hardcover (Collector's item)
Pages: 470
ISBN: 978-1-928523-34-5
Keywords: Pre-service teacher education; Work-integrated learning; Theory-practice divide; School experience; Self-directed learning; Mixed-methods research; Student teacher

This book disseminates original research on learning in and from practice in pre-service teacher education. Authors such as Lederman and Lederman describe the student teaching practicum (or work-integrated learning [WIL]), which is an essential component of pre-service teacher education, as the ‘elephant in the room’. These authors note that 'the capstone experience in any teacher education programme is the student teaching practicum… [a]fter all, this is where the rubber hits the road'. ...... Read more

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