Book chapter 2012

Exploring the preparedness of business education teacher candidates for their internships: The Perspectives of Mentor Teachers

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Fletcher, Edward C.
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Mountjoy, Kathy
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Bailey, Glenn
Technological Applications in Adult and Vocational Education Advancement
Journal · pp. 171-185
Abstract

Applying a modified-Delphi technique, this research study sought consensus from business education mentor teachers regarding the top three areas in which business education student teachers were prepared as well as underprepared for their roles as teachers. Further, the mentor teachers provided recommendations for business education teacher preparation programs to implement to better prepare their teacher candidates for the student teaching internship. To that end, the mentor teachers did not gain consensus on the top three areas their student teachers were most prepared. However, they did agree classroom management and working with special needs' students were among the top three areas their student teachers were least prepared. The mentor teachers agreed business education teacher preparation programs could provide more experiences with classroom management in public schools and provide their teacher candidates with more information about the workload and commitment needed to be effective teachers © 2013 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.

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Teaching Teachers' Information management Apprentices Education computing Students Education teachers Public schools Delphi Technique Student teachers Business educations Special needs Research studies Classroom management Teacher preparation programme
Author Affiliations
University of South Florida, Pinellas Park, FL, United States
Illinois State University, Chicago, IL, United States
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