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Your Early Childhood Practicum and Student Teaching Experience: Guidelines for Success
Carroll Tyminski, Elizabethtown College

ISBN-10: 0130488178
ISBN-13: 9780130488176

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 224 pp
Published: 07/07/2005

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For courses in Student Teaching/Practicum in Early Childhood.

Your Early Childhood Practicum and Student Teaching Experience: Guidelines for Success is designed for students who are assuming the responsibilities of teaching young children while receiving guidance and supervision.  This text offers both theory and practical application to guide each student to a successful conclusion of the practicum and student teaching experience.  In addition, this text is a reference containing research-based, practical advice on such topics as developmentally appropriate practices and teacher competencies.  Special care has been taken to include a broad range of early childhood experiences from birth through age 8.  Other strengths of the book include its "Voices of Experience: Student Teachers Speak" feature, reader-friendly writing style, and practical instructional strategies.

  • Strong coverage of diversity-Content and implications for working with culturally diverse and special needs children. (Ex. pp 149, 152). 
  • Voices of Reality feature opens every chapter-Shared experiences and quotes from recent early childhood student teachers, reflecting upon their experiences and their stories. (Ex. pp 19, 20).
  • Reference for research-based, practical advice-Including topics such as developmentally appropriate practices and teacher competencies. (Ex. pp 130-131).
  • Overview of strategies and key questions-Designed to help students improve communication with both children and adults. (Ex. pp 54-55).
  • Each chapter concludes with Activities for Reflection and Action-Designed to encourage students reflect upon and/or implement the information outlined in the chapter. (Ex. pp 121-123, 159).

Chapter 1  Preparing to Begin Student Teaching

Chapter 2  Becoming a Professional

Chapter 3  Establishing Effective Professional Relationships

Chapter 4  Guiding Young Children in the Classroom

Chapter 5  Classroom Management: Environments and Routines

Chapter 6  Observations and Evaluations of Student Teaching

Chapter 7  Assessment of Young Children

Chapter 8  Supportive Instruction

Chapter 9  Understanding Diverse Communities and Interacting with Childrens' Families

Chapter 10  Completion of Student Teaching: Looking Ahead

 Appendix A: Code of Ethical Conduct

References

Index

"The text has a continual thread about the importance and impact of culture that is valuable.  The text provides good guidance on the role of the clinical/cooperating teacher and to build effective relationships.  The author provides some useful rubrics for understanding the material.  I appreciate the inclusion of information about serving children with disabilities."  -Linda Welsh, Austin Community College

"This text is very up to date and reader friendly.  The information is appropriate for our students and for the profession.  The references used...are current and on the cutting edge.  Reflection is a large part of our conceptual framework...this text promotes reflective thinking through the final activities and reality scenarios."  -Jodelle Austin, University of Maine-Orono

This text provides insights and useful guidelines for success in any early childhood education student teaching, practicum, or field experience course.

Instructor's Resources:  Instructor's Manual and Test Bank, Companion Website at http://www.prenhall.com/tyminski

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