Shadowing, 'The Most Valuable Thing You Can Do': Threading Informal Classroom Experiences into Secondary Pre-Service Teacher Education

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Foreign Countries; Job Shadowing; Preservice Teachers; Mentors; Secondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Student Surveys; Focus Groups; Student Teacher Attitudes; Educational Benefits; Experiential Learning; Program Effectiveness

0737-5328

This article describes a venture that arose out of an exciting opportunity for a partnership between a regional university's school of education and an exceptional local high school in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It presents the findings of a continuous program of "shadowing" by pre-service teachers of mentor teachers in schools throughout the university teaching session, and the authors' and students' experiences and reflections about this very successful program.

ERIC

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2015

EJ1078511