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Cooperating Teachers' Perspectives of Student Teaching Skills and Activities
Journal of Agricultural Education
  • Scott Smalley, Iowa State University
  • Michael S. Retallick, Iowa State University
  • Thomas H. Paulsen, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
DOI
10.5032/jae.2015.04137
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which cooperating teachers deem required student teaching skills and activities relevant to the agricultural education student teaching experience. The population for this descriptive study consisted of individuals who served as cooperating teachers in Iowa and South Dakota during the last 5 years (N = 70). The study focused on activities in eight constructs: evaluation of student performance, teaching, FFA, planning instruction, Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE), teaching profession, school–community relations, and adult education. Cooperating teachers surveyed in this study believed that seven of the eight constructs were very relevant to the student teaching experience. They thought the eighth construct, adult education, was irrelevant. This study serves as a feedback loop to university agricultural education student teaching coordinators. Since cooperating teachers exert a powerful influence on practices adopted by student teachers, it is critical that training for cooperating teachers emphasizes the importance of skills and activities required during the capstone student teaching experience. Agricultural education programs nationwide can use these results as guidelines when reviewing expectations for student teaching and cooperating teachers.

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This article is from Journal of Agricultural Education 56 (2015): 123, doi:10.5032/jae.2015.04137. Posted with permission.

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Journal of Agricultural Education
Language
en
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Citation Information
Scott Smalley, Michael S. Retallick and Thomas H. Paulsen. "Cooperating Teachers' Perspectives of Student Teaching Skills and Activities" Journal of Agricultural Education Vol. 56 Iss. 4 (2015) p. 123 - 137
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael-retallick/2/