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One of the most common findings in research on teacher education is that candidates place a high value on the practicum; some use the amount of time spent on practicum as a barometer of the quality of their learning in a teacher education program. Teacher candidates come to a program expecting to have a productive learning experience in school with a supportive associate teacher that will help them navigate the early days of their teaching careers. Many candidates are particularly conscious of the role that their practicum evaluations play in their ability to secure a job interview. For this reason, teacher candidates can feel an enormous pressure to impress the staff at their host schools, particularly if their practicum occurs in a school board where they would like to secure a teaching position.
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Bullock, S.M. (2011). Candidates in Crisis. In: Inside Teacher Education. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-403-4_5
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