What Students Learn from Early Field Experiences: A Case Study and Critical Analysis

Abstract

Using the case study method, Goodman examines field-based experiences to determine their impact on prospective teachers' perspectives toward teaching. The data are organized into three ana lytical categories: teaching as the trans mission of utilitarian skills, teaching as management, and teaching as craft. The author concludes that university super visors need to help students see connec tions between theory and practice and to establish field placements that enable instructional experimentation. Further, he suggests that the time spent in a single EFE context should be enriched and expanded.