Recontextualizing Teaching Practices: The Role of Content Coaches in Supporting Prospective Elementary Teachers

• In Event: Brief Report Session: Preservice Teacher Field Experiences K-6

Description for Program

One perennial challenge of teacher preparation is making robust connections between methods coursework and field placement classrooms. This study uses a lens of recontextualization to better understand how content coaches can support prospective teachers in enacting methods-based practices in the classroom.

Authors

• Jennifer Kinser-Traut, New York University

• Marcy B. Wood, University of Arizona