last updated 9/15/2008. fall 2007 and spring 2008
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Last Updated 9/15/2008
Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
Which one of the following courses was related to the field experience you took in Fall 2007 or Spring 2008?
Field Experience Course
Fall 2007 (n =225) Spring 2008 (n =282)
Level I (200:030) 130 118
Level II (200:148) 70 97
Level III – Elem. (210:120)
16 51
Level III – Other (Fall: 800:188 / Spring: 210:130g)
9 16
At which of the following schools did you complete your field experience?
Field Experience Schools
Fall 2007 (n =224) Spring 2008 (n = 283)
Price Lab School (PLS) 64 81
Edison Elem. 11 9
Hansen Elem. 9 18
Central M.S. 8 11
Cedar Falls High School (CFHS)
10 9
Other 122 155
How did you commute to your field experience?
Commuting – How?
Fall 2007 (n = 224) Spring 2008 (n = 283)
Drove alone 172 213
Gave rides to others 10 15
Rode with someone 16 14
Walked 42 51
Other 3 6
Which of the following did you experience when commuting to your field experience?
Commuting to the field experience– Any problems?
Fall 2007 (n = 219) Spring 2008 (n = 278)
No difficulties 121 165
Difficult to park 64 70
Distance related problems
21 26
Limited time – busy schedule
59 63
Hard to find ride 1 6
Other 15 16
Which of the following did you complete as part of your field experience?
Types of engagement
Fall 2007 ( n =223) Spring 2008 (n = 282)
Observing teachers/instruction
223 280
Working with groups 212 273
Creating materials 104 130
Planning to teach 129 192
Co-planning 77 125
Help with lesson prep. 107 165
Teaching lessons 149 215
Fall 2007 (n = 223) Spring 2008 (n = 282)
Record-keeping 125 147
Helping to evaluate student work
150 176
Completing teacher work sample
89 136
Journaling with mentoring teacher
81 140
Conferencing 155 222
Extra –curric. activities
27 38
Other 35 41
During my field experience, I engaged in a significant amount of interactions with students
Amount of Interactions
Fall 2007 (n = 223) Spring (n = 281)
Strongly Agree 130 204
Agree 67 61
Uncertain 13 3
Disagree 11 11
Strongly Disagree 2 2
How many times did your mentoring teacher conference with you about your field experience?
Conferencing – How often?
Fall 2007 (n = 222) Spring 2008 (n = 281)
Never 11 22
One time 45 32
Two times 36 44
Three times 30 52
Four times 20 30
Five times or more 80 101
My mentoring teacher advised me and answered my questions
Conferencing – Mentoring Teacher
Fall 2007 (n = 222) Spring 2008 (n = 281)
Strongly Agree 131 199
Agree 67 63
Uncertain 9 9
Disagree 15 8
Strongly Disagree 0 2
This field experience has helped me to develop as an effective and reflective teacher
Impact – Effective and reflective teacher
Fall 2007 (n = 222) Spring 2008 (n = 281)
Strongly Agree 90 162
Agree 95 95
Uncertain 25 12
Disagree 12 9
Strongly Disagree 0 3
This field experience helped me make connections in my related course between theory and practice
Impact – Theory and practice
Fall 2007 (n = 222) Spring 2008 (n = 281)
Strongly Agree 68 116
Agree 94 124
Uncertain 33 26
Disagree 23 9
Strongly Disagree 4 6
How many times did your supervisor visit you at your field experience site?
Supervision – How many visits?
Fall 2007 (n = 221) Spring 2008 (n = 282)
Never 178 212
One time 4 8
Two times 12 5
Three times 15 11
Four times 8 15
Five times or more 4 31
Who of the following contributed most to your ability to complete the teacher work sample (TWS)?
Supervision – Help with TWS
Fall 2007 (n = 221) Spring 2008 (n = 275)
University Supervisor 14 29
Professor 28 27
Mentoring teacher 70 94
Did not complete a teacher work sample
109 125
Question #1:
How could the value of the field experience be improved?
Question #2:
What was the impact of the field experience upon your development as a teacher?
1. Commuting to the field experience 2. Types of engagement in the classroom 3. Interactions with students 4. Observing/talking with mentoring teacher 5. Impact (1): Development as an effective
and reflective teacher 6. Impact (2): Making connections between
theory and practice
7. Supervision 8. Evaluating the experience 9. Personal career 10. Classroom placement 11. Program suggestions 12. Miscellaneous
Category: Commuting to the field experience
“Driving was an issue. It was difficult to get in all my hours and manage school work when I had to include a two hour drive.”
“Parking! There is not enough parking on campus.”
Category: Types of engagement in the classroom
“I could not have asked for a better classroom. I learned a great deal about lesson planning, collaborating, and finding resources.”
“My teacher included me in her classroom by letting me do small groups and lessons with the class.”
Category: Interactions with students
“I was involved in many of the activities the students did, as well as being given the responsibility of teaching small groups.”
“I got to interact with students and build the student-teacher relationship.”
Category: Observing/talking with mentoring teacher.
“My cooperating teacher and I talked about everything.”
“My cooperating teacher answered a lot of my questions and helped me know what I did really well and how I could improve.”
Category: Impact (1) - Development as an effective and reflective teacher
“”Field experience allowed me to see my strengths and weaknesses as a teacher.”
“I have a better understanding of the teacher I would like to be and learned many ‘best practices’ that I should display as a teacher.”
Category: Impact (2) – Making connections between theory and practice
“I was able to observe many things happening in the classroom that we talked about in our class at UNI.”
“It was good to use ideas from my methods course in an actual classroom.”
Category: Supervision
“I really enjoyed having a supervisor. She really helped me.”
A supervisor coming in whenever a lesson was taught was extremely helpful because it gave immediate feedback.”
Category: Evaluating the experience
“I think it is the perfect way for students considering going into the teaching field to really get to see what it is like.”
“It was a great, eye-opening experience.”
Category: Personal career
“The field experience had a big impact on my choice to become a teacher.”
“I know this is what I want to do for sure now.”
Category: Classroom placement
“They tried placing me in a 4 and 5 year old classroom, which is not my major.”
“I would have liked to be with the grade level that I intend to teach.”
Category: Program suggestions
“Add even more hours? Make a complete semester out of Level I field experience.”
“ It would be even better if we were able to teach in our Level III classroom for two weeks or if we could do two different age placements.”
Category: Miscellaneous
“To me all this work makes me feel like a slave.”
“This experience has given me another contact within my field.”
Fall 2007 (n = 172) Spring 2008 ( n = 198)
Evaluative 30 36
Mentoring teacher 28 23
Types of engagement 27 20
Program suggestions 21 32
Interactions/students 18 15
Classroom placement 16 9
Impact – theory/practice 15 23
Commuting 9 12
Supervision 5 15
Miscellaneous 2 4
Personal career 1 2
Impact – effective teacher
0 7
Fall 2007 (n = 172) Spring 2008 ( n = 198)
Evaluative 17.4% 18.2%
Mentoring teacher 16.3% 11.6%
Types of engagement 15.7% 10.1%
Program suggestions 12.2% 16.2%
Interactions/students 10.5% 7.6%
Classroom placement 9.3% 4.5%
Impact – theory/practice 8.7% 11.6%
Commuting 5.2% 6.1%
Supervision 2.9% 7.6%
Miscellaneous 1.2% 2.0%
Personal career 0.6% 1.0%
Impact – effective teacher
0% 3.5%
Fall 2007 (n =172) Spring 2008 (n = 208)
Impact – effective teacher
66 68
Personal career 21 25
Mentoring teacher 19 21
Types of engagement 18 29
Interactions/students 15 16
Impact – theory/practice 12 19
Evaluative 11 20
Miscellaneous 4 3
Classroom placement 3 0
Program suggestions 2 0
Supervision 1 6
Commuting 0 1
Fall 2007 (n =172) Spring 2008 (n = 208)
Impact – effective teacher
38.4% 32.7%
Personal career 12.2% 12.2%
Mentoring teacher 11.0% 10.1%
Types of engagement 10.5% 13.9%
Interactions/students 8.7% 7.7%
Impact – theory/practice 7.0% 9.1%
Evaluative 6.4% 9.6%
Miscellaneous 2.3% 1.4%
Classroom placement 1.7% 0%
Program suggestions 1.2% 0%
Supervision 0.6% 2.9%
Commuting 0% 0.5%