"Good Teachers Learn by Example"

In the September e-Reflections, there is a link to an article, “Good teachers learn by example,” Esther Cepeda, columnist with the Chicago Sun-Times and Huffington Post, highlighted new teacher induction and mentoring as a key solution for retaining new teachers.

One theme mentioned in the article was the student teaching experience - and how often times is lacks the reality of teaching.

"The kind of training a student teacher gets in pre-service is almost always a simulated experience in which the expert teacher makes it all look seamless because that teacher has already done all the thinking and practicing," said Ellen Moir, chief executive officer of the New Teacher Center.

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What are your thoughts about the student teaching experience?

How can it be "real" vs "simulated?