I would like to share some of my thoughts about the design of practicum experiences in
initial teacher education. I am using the term practicum in a general sense to refer to all
varieties of observational and teaching experiences in a preservice teacher education
program, field experiences that precede professional education course work, early field
experiences which are tied to particular courses, and student teaching and internship
experiences. I will describe a vision of the kind of practicum experience toward which I have …