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| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Orientation | p. 1 |
| Types of Field Experience (with Aram deKoven) | p. 3 |
| Common Features | p. 3 |
| Varieties of Teaching Situations | p. 6 |
| The Student Teaching Experience | p. 10 |
| Placement Tips | p. 11 |
| Notes | p. 13 |
| Concerns and Personal Goals | p. 14 |
| Analyzing Concer... MORE | p. 14 |
| Expressing Goals | p. 16 |
| Notes | p. 20 |
| Reflecting on Field Experiences: Fieldwork Logs | p. 21 |
| What Is Reflective Thinking and Why Is It Desirable? | p. 21 |
| When Should I Write My Logs? | p. 25 |
| What Is the Anatomy of a Log? | p. 25 |
| Criteria for Evaluating Fieldwork Logs | p. 27 |
| Notes | p. 27 |
| What Do You Bring to the Experience? | p. 29 |
| Personal Influences on a Perspective | p. 31 |
| Experience as a Learner | p. 32 |
| Favorite Subject Matter and Topics | p. 36 |
| Experience as a Teacher | p. 38 |
| Notes | p. 40 |
| Contributions of Foundational Studies | p. 41 |
| Six Basic Issues of Teaching | p. 42 |
| Interrelations among the Six Issues | p. 58 |
| Notes | p. 60 |
| Contributions of Methods Courses | p. 62 |
| Lesson Planning | p. 62 |
| Instructional Activities | p. 64 |
| Curriculum Emphasis | p. 65 |
| Theory and Practice | p. 66 |
| Notes | p. 67 |
| Initial Perspective | p. 68 |
| Sorting Out Ideas | p. 68 |
| Analysis of Beliefs | p. 68 |
| Tracing Origins | p. 70 |
| Considering Consequences | p. 70 |
| Goals | p. 72 |
| Notes | p. 75 |
| What Is the Situation Where You Will Teach? | p. 77 |
| The Community and the School | p. 79 |
| The Community | p. 79 |
| The School | p. 81 |
| Note | p. 84 |
| The Classroom, Technology, and the Curriculum (with Aram deKoven) | p. 85 |
| The Classroom | p. 86 |
| Technology | p. 87 |
| The Curriculum | p. 89 |
| Notes | p. 92 |
| The Students (with Aram deKoven) | p. 93 |
| Students in the School | p. 93 |
| Students in the Classroom | p. 95 |
| Students at Risk | p. 97 |
| Diversity in the Classroom | p. 98 |
| Notes | p. 100 |
| The Cooperating Teacher | p. 101 |
| What Have You Learned? | p. 107 |
| The Fieldwork Portfolio (with Laurie Vasily) | p. 109 |
| The Anatomy of a Fieldwork Portfolio | p. 109 |
| Epilogue | p. 112 |
| Notes | p. 113 |
| Appendixes | p. 115 |
| Instruments | p. 117 |
| Sample Logs and Fieldwork Portfolios | p. 122 |
| Additional Bibliography | p. 139 |
| Index | p. 141 |
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