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Minding the Gap

Mentoring Undergraduate Preservice Teachers in Educational Research

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Teaching at Work

Part of the book series: Advances in Teaching and Teacher Education ((ATTE))

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Teachers are tasked with the overwhelming responsibility of instructing a vast range of learners while continually infusing current, research-based principles into their daily practice. However, teachers report frequently feeling ill-prepared and unsupported in this mission as the realities of K-12 classrooms are complex and dynamic situations.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, USA

    Katherine Landau Wright

  2. College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA

    Katherine Landau Wright

  3. Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, USA

    Tracey S. Hodges

  4. College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA

    Tracey S. Hodges

  5. Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, USA

    Amanda D. Franks

  6. College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA

    Amanda D. Franks

  7. Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, USA

    Erin Mctigue

  8. College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA

    Erin Mctigue

  9. Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, USA

    April G. Douglass

  10. College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, USA

    April G. Douglass

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  1. Texas A&M University, USA

    Yeping Li

  2. Texas A&M University, USA

    Janet Hammer

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Wright, K.L., Hodges, T.S., Franks, A.D., Mctigue, E., Douglass, A.G. (2015). Minding the Gap. In: Li, Y., Hammer, J. (eds) Teaching at Work. Advances in Teaching and Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-082-6_9

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