Early Field Experience in Elementary Teacher Preparation: A Study of Student Learnings in One Particular Program

The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the efficacy of a freshman early field experience in elementary teacher education. Fourteen undergraduate students in the University of Illinois' Sigma program during the spring semester of 1985 were the subjects of this investigation. The emphasis of the experimental program was to be on helping students to evolve structural knowledge of the subjects they were to teach and an understanding of ways that children acquire understanding in these areas. The Sigma program differed from the standard elementary and early childhood program in that students met with senior professors for on-going weekly seminars throughout the 1984-85 school year. Each student was assigned a highly effective public elementary school classroom, located in the Urbana-Champaign area, for a nine-week practicum.

Name thesis:degree_name

Educat.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Myers, Eldon Woodrow, Jr.

• Education, Elementary
• Education, Teacher Training

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8721722

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69130