Methodology: Student teaching placements
Student teaching handbooks and other documents (e.g., form letters sent by education schools to principals) were reviewed for information on the criteria for selection of cooperating teachers and the selection process. We also interviewed principals of schools where student teachers were placed about the criteria and selection process. We communicated with a total of 150 principals at an average of slightly fewer than three interviews per education school. We used information from principal interviews only when we were able to speak to two or more principals whose schools hosted student teachers from the same education schools and whose statements were in agreement.
