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Perceptions and attitudes of school personnel towards educator externships. (The scholarship of teaching and learning).

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| March 22, 2002 | McPherson, Bill; Rainey, Carolyn; Roach, Terry D.; Rogers, Harriet; Wamba, Nathalis Guy | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

This research project was begun at the Delta Pi Epsilon Research Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1998. A five-member research team chose to investigate the value of educator externships. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the perceptions and attitudes of school personnel towards educator externships. Specifically, what effect the externship experience had on student workplace skills, teaching methodology, and course curriculum. A list of 285 educators was complied from data supplied by the coordinators of two School-to-Work consortiums that identified externs who had completed externships from 1995 to 1998. For purposes of this study, an ...

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