Abstract
This study examines two education programs in two states and the piloting of a one-year internship for candidates, as opposed to the traditional semester of internship. After candidates completed the internship, all of the stakeholders were interviewed (candidates, university faculty, cooperating teachers, and administrators). The results were favorable. The benefits of a yearlong internship outweighed the drawbacks. Candidates gained confidence and comfort in the longer experience and their cooperating teachers and university faculty noticed that they felt much more prepared. Administrators reported that these interns show an increase of readiness to teach, which was exhibited during their first year of teaching. An identified disadvantage was that students had one less school placement, as they spent their entire senior year at one school.
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Savage-Davis, Emma and Horn, Suzanne
(2017)
"Year-long clinical experiences: Preparation versus perspiration,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 11:
No.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol11/iss1/12