Early Childhood Education Professional Experience

Professional experience represents the component of early childhood teacher education programs in which student teachers spend time in early childhood educational settings. Also known as practicum, field experience, teaching experience, center/school-based learning, or field-based learning, professional experience is when student teachers develop and apply skills as a teacher, learn to apply knowledge gained from teacher education course work, and develop a contextual understanding of teaching and learning in the everyday ECE environment. Professional experience also allows the socialization of student teachers into the early childhood profession under the guidance of a more experienced mentor teacher. The marrying together of practice and theory is valued for helping early childhood student teachers to understand the realities of learning and teaching while becoming informed by research as to best teaching practice. It is the context in which student teachers are given the...

Garvis, Susanne,1981Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande,Department of Education, Communication and Learning(Swepub:gu)xgarsu (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande (creator_code:org_t)

In:Encyclopedia of Teacher Education: Living Edition | Editors: Michael A. PetersSingapore : © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.9789811311796

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