Frameworks and Practices of Field ‎Experience in Teacher Preparation ‎Programs: A Literature Review

Abstract

This review paper dealt with field experiences as one of teacher preparation programs' basic elements. In this paper, four factors are identified as success factors for field experiences: (1) partnerships; (2) organizational structures (the structure of field placements); (3) quality of support; and (4) teacher students' involvement in real activities. This paper also addressed the factor of partnership between the university and the school. Partnerships have the potential to overcome most of the challenges and create spaces for mutually beneficial learning opportunities for all stakeholders. Supportive frameworks and practices for field experiences in teacher candidates' preparation programs, moving these programs from traditional partnership-based practice to those types of partnership practice described by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), are also described. Finally, the paper, in light of the researcher's review of the literature that dealt with the experiences of international universities in this field during the past decade, summarized the necessary criteria for examining the level of partnership