Open AccessFrom University to School—Experiences of Teaching Practice in Three Countries
Author(s) -
Dongping Zhan,
Li Xu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international education studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1913-9039
pISSN - 1913-9020
DOI - 10.5539/ies.v14n8p1
Subject(s) - internship , student teaching , perspective (graphical) , teaching method , china , teacher education , pedagogy , medical education , mathematics education , psychology , political science , medicine , student teacher , computer science , artificial intelligence , law
Teaching practice plays an important role in preparing future teachers. More and more countries pay attention to teaching practice in teacher education and take measures to improve the system of teaching practice. This paper examines the characteristics of teaching practice through the perspective of comparative analysis, comparing the situations in China, the UK and the USA. The different characteristics are presented, particularly in the goal of teaching practice, the duration of the internship and the cooperation system among education administration departments, universities, and schools. Some suggestions are proposed to improve teaching practice generally based on experience of these three countries. As such, it provides insight into practice for policymakers and academics in the field of teacher education.