Field Experience : A Guide to Reflective Teaching

by Posner, George J.

• ISBN13: 9780205420278
• ISBN10: 0205420273
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

"" The book is practical, easy to understand, and raises thoughtful, reflective questions." " Vincent Walencik, Montclair State University Designed to provoke reflection and commitment, "Field Experience, Sixth Edition," guides students through field experiences including--but not limited to--student teaching. Highly practical in its focus, Field Experience, Sixth Edition, moves beyond a list of " do's" and " don'ts" to help students create, reflect upon, and refine a set of goals and teaching principles that will guide them through their future teaching experiences. This book addresses the various types of field experience and encourages readers to consider what they bring to that experience and what factors the school and community play. Features: Chapter 12, The Fieldwork Portfolio, explores the use of teaching portfolios and thematically focused final reports. Appendix B includes sample progress reports, logs, and fieldwork portfolios. Emphasizes the use of fieldwork logs, interviews with the cooperating teacher, and understanding the relationship between school and community. Applies a four-step approach--preparation, engagement, reflection, preparation--to ensure an adequate foundation for and reflection on each assignment. Stresses the selection of the appropriate field experience, using ethnographic techniques, to help students analyze the community, school, and classroom in which the field experience takes place. Enhanced coverage of diversity as it relates to field experience is integrated throughout. Additional exercises and sample reports provide students withguidelines for a successful field work experience. Special sections on multicultural education and diversity; inclusion and teaching students with special needs; accountability, curriculum standards, and dealing with st

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
PART ONE Orientation	1	(28)
Types of Field Experience (with Aram deKoven)	3	(11)
Common Features	3	(3)
Varieties of Teaching Situations	6	(4)
The Student Teaching Experience	10	(1)
Placement Tips	11	(2)
Notes	13	(1)
Concerns and Personal Goals	14	(7)
Analyzing Concerns	14	(2)
Expressing Goals	16	(4)
Notes	20	(1)
Reflecting on Field Experiences: Fieldwork Logs	21	(8)
What Is Reflective Thinking and Why Is It Desirable?	21	(4)
When Should I Write My Logs?	25	(1)
What Is the Anatomy of a Log?	25	(2)
Criteria for Evaluating Fieldwork Logs	27	(1)
Notes	27	(2)
PART TWO What Do You Bring to the Experience?	29	(48)
Personal Influences on a Perspective	31	(10)
Experience as a Learner	32	(4)
Favorite Subject Matter and Topics	36	(2)
Experience as a Teacher	38	(2)
Notes	40	(1)
Contributions of Foundational Studies	41	(21)
Six Basic Issues of Teaching	42	(16)
Interrelations among the Six Issues	58	(2)
Notes	60	(2)
Contributions of Methods Courses	62	(6)
Lesson Planning	62	(2)
Instructional Activities	64	(1)
Curriculum Emphasis	65	(1)
Theory and Practice	66	(1)
Notes	67	(1)
Initial Perspective	68	(9)
Sorting Out Ideas	68	(1)
Analysis of Beliefs	68	(2)
Tracing Origins	70	(1)
Considering Consequences	70	(2)
Goals	72	(3)
Notes	75	(2)
PART THREE What Is the Situation Where You Will Teach?	77	(30)
The Community and the School	79	(6)
The Community	79	(2)
The School	81	(3)
Note	84	(1)
The Classroom, Technology, and the Curriculum (with Aram deKoven)	85	(8)
The Classroom	86	(1)
Technology	87	(2)
The Curriculum	89	(3)
Notes	92	(1)
The Students (with Aram deKoven)	93	(8)
Students in the School	93	(2)
Students in the Classroom	95	(2)
Students at Risk	97	(1)
Diversity in the Classroom	98	(2)
Notes	100	(1)
The Cooperating Teacher	101	(6)
PART FOUR What Have You Learned?	107	(8)
The Fieldwork Portfolio (with Laurie Vasily)	109	(6)
The Anatomy of a Fieldwork Portfolio	109	(3)
Epilogue	112	(1)
Notes	113	(2)
Appendixes	115	(24)
Appendix A Instruments	117	(5)
Appendix B Sample Logs and Fieldwork Portfolios	122	(17)
Additional Bibliography	139	(2)
Index	141