Chapter 14: Coteaching for Deep Understanding: Discovering Core Beliefs about Our Craft

The practice of coteaching holds promise for reshaping the way in which teacher education programs design field experiences, especially student teaching. Departing from traditional arrangements, coteaching changes the relationship between mentors and student interns. This chapter is a descriptive case story of two teacher-educators who engaged in coteaching for 16 weeks for the purpose of experiencing the power and promise of this approach and in discovering deeper meanings associated with critically examining their practice. As a result of the experience, we suggest conditions necessary for coteaching to impact professional growth.