Definition
The practicum, teaching practice, or field experience refer to that component of those preservice (or initial) teacher education programs which place student teachers in schools for a stipulated period of time, for the purposes of classroom observation and/or the teaching of lessons, usually under supervision.
Features
Preservice mathematics teacher education programs offered by high education institutions internationally vary greatly in composition across countries (see Comiti and Loewenberg Ball 1996; Guyton and McIntyre 1990) but commonly comprise three components:
A university- or college-based curriculum, usually involving theoretical foundation courses (educational psychology, philosophy and sociology of education, historical approaches and policy, etc.)
“Method” or “didactics” courses (devoted specifically to the teaching of a specific subject, such as mathematics)
A school teaching experience, termed “teaching practice,” “field experience,” or “practicum,” during...
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Ensor, P. (2020). Fieldwork/Practicum in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_62
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