...Rosa Pilar Esteve-Faubel; José María Esteve-Faubel; María Teresa Botella-Quirant; María del Carmen Fernández-Morante Purpose This study examines the impact of Spain’s recent education reform, LOMLOE (2020), on music education practicum mentoring. It explores the challenges faced by mentors...

...Tove Seiness Hunskaar; Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir Purpose This paper aims to investigate how school-based mentors and preservice teachers (PTs) perceive mentoring conversations when applying a set of newly developed digital tools accompanied by discursive tools in mentoring in practicum. Design...

...Jo Fletcher; Chris Astall; John Everatt Purpose This paper is about mentoring of initial teacher education (ITE) students whilst on their practicum. Design/methodology/approach Informed by a social constructivist theoretical framework, an online survey was used to capture the breadth...

... the case. Middle East Pre-service teacher education Practicum School placement Mentoring Agency Professional development Culture This study was conducted within the context of a Bachelor of Education program offered at a higher education institution (HEI) in the Middle East. An integral...

... 60–100 days of field placement. In some programmes, practicum consists of two relatively long periods carried out in one year. In other programmes, the days are divided among several periods during a five-year master study. Student assessments are a shared responsibility between school-based mentors...

...Mahsa Izadinia Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in eight preservice teachers’ professional identity and the factors contributing to such changes during a four-week block practicum. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative case study design was used and the data...