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Rethinking the Spaces of Supervision

Psychoanalytic Considerations

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Supervising Student Teachers

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A common finding in the research on teacher education is that teacher candidates place a high value on their student teaching experiences. Most regard their clinical experiences as an influential—if not the single most influential—factor in their professional learning and development as pre-service teachers (Knowles & Cole, 1996; Smith & Lev-Ari, 2005; Wilson, Floden, & Ferrini-Mundy, 2001).

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Garrett, H.J. (2012). Rethinking the Spaces of Supervision. In: Supervising Student Teachers. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-095-8_11

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