English Student Teachers' Perceptions of Successful Student Teaching

As the culminating experience in teacher preparation, student teaching should be a time for student teachers to experience success before entering the work force. This study examined student teachers' opinions in order to better understand how they perceive themselves as successful as opposed to how cooperating teachers or on-site university coordinators gauge their success. Nineteen English student teachers from one large Midwestern university were interviewed both before and after their student teaching. Fifteen of the participants were female and four were male. Content analysis of interview transcriptions revealed four major interdependent themes affecting student teachers' self-analysis of success in student teaching: learning, relationships, confidence, and respect.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Wilson, Cynthia Lou

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clift, Renée T.

• Education, Teacher Training

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971220

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80418