Student Teaching: Early Childhood Practicum Guide - Softcover

Machado, Jeanne M.; Botnarescue, Helen Meyer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418066486 ISBN 13: 9781418066482

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This comprehensive text covers up-to-date, helpful information and 'how tos' for early childhood education students enrolled in a student teaching practicum course. This text clarifies the students' interactions with their college course supervisor(s) while clearly explaining the student's professional duties and responsibilities, and the mechanics of hands-on teaching. Chapters are designed to provoke contemplative and reflective student teacher thought, and encourage development of teacher competencies and skills to facilitate successful course completion. The text promotes the understanding of professionally accepted practice, ethics, classroom management, and individualized and group program planning and instruction. Communication skills, Case studies, examples, charts and visuals are presented throughout, and case scenarios apprise readers of real-life situations and children that other student teachers have encountered. Special- needs children and infant-toddler classroom placement particulars are addressed, as is the development of school-home partnerships that enhance children's life long learning, and educational success.

About this title

About the Author

Jeanne M. Machado's experience in the early childhood education field has included full-time assignment as a community college instructor and department chairperson. Her duties included supervision of early childhood education students at two on-campus laboratory child development centers at San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College, as well as child centers in the local community. Her teaching responsibilities encompassed early childhood education, child development, and parenting courses. She received her Master's Degree from San Jose State University and her community college life credential with coursework from the University of California at Berkeley. Her experience includes working as an elementary school teacher, preschool owner/director, work experience instructor/advisor, early childhood and family studies community college and university instructor, and an education consultant in public, private, and parent cooperative programs. Ms. Machado is an active participant in several professional organizations concerned with the education and well being of young children and their families. She is a past president of California Community College Early Childhood Educators and the Peninsula Chapter of the California Association for the Education of Young Children. In addition to EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN LANGUAGE ARTS, she co-authored (with Dr. Helen Meyer-Botnarescue) STUDENT TEACHING: EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTICUM GUIDE, 7th Edition (©2011); and (with Romana Reynolds) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION: HOW TO SECURE YOUR CAREER (©2006).

Review

"The depth of coverage for advocacy, diversity and professionalism is excellent, with many references to the NAEYC Code of Ethics. I particularly liked mention of the various ethical issues student teachers might be confronted with in a placement." - Alice D. Beyrent, M.Ed. Associate Professor, Hesser College, Manchester, New Hampshire

"The application activities, glossaries, case scenarios, and review questions at the end of each chapter were great. Such resources can be utilized to make the readings relevant." - Lynda Venhuizen, M.S., Early Childhood Education Program, South Dakota State University

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1418066486
• ISBN 13: 9781418066482
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 527