Catherine Sinclair

TL;DR: In an era of teacher shortages, what would motivate individuals to become teachers when the demands on teachers are greater than ever and there are plenty of alternative occupations from which to choose? as mentioned in this paper presented the findings of a study of student teachers' motivations to be primary teachers and their commitment to teaching after their first practicum.

TL;DR: The authors found that preservice teachers' motivations to teach changed across the course of their first semester of teacher education, and in some cases these changes were related to the age of preserve teachers.

TL;DR: This paper developed a profile of cooperating teachers who agreed to work with student teachers and discussed factors that encourage or dissuade them from taking on their important role, finding that teachers' positive motivations to take practicum students revolve around a solid set of professional commitments to self, students, and the profession.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on the experience of a university professor and her graduate students as they embarked on learning about the very personal domain of mentoring via face-to-face and online learning.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on a study of the impact of a ten-hour training programme provided for 54 teachers who were responsible for the school-based initial teacher education of fourth-year primary student teachers on their final practica.