practice teacher
- noun
- /ˈpræktɪs ˈtiːtʃər/
- UK
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profesor en prácticas
- The university requires all students in the education program to complete a year of work as a practice teacher.
Examples
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So in this new type of collegiate-level institution, everyone would be invested in preparing teachers, from those who taught mathematics to those who supervised practice teachers.
Academic text (2005) -
They asked a particular student, who had once participated in band and had also worked in the special education room as a practice teacher, if he would return to band for credit; he accepted.
Academic text (2006) -
The sponsorship of these degrees, the availability of practice teachers, and, in particular, the requirement of supernumerary status are all difficulties that may not be as apparent in other NHS public health roles.
Academic text (2010) -
Once baseline measures were established (see Figures 1 and 2), a senior physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty member implemented a deliberate practice teacher training protocol once per week over the course of five consecutive weeks.
Academic text (1998) -
Gold, Y., & Bachelor, P. (1988). Signs of burnout are evident for practice teachers during the teacher training period. Education, 108(4), 546-555.
Academic text (2011) -
Killen (1994), for example, suggested that the practice teachers in his study seemed more concerned about issues of survival, control, and establishing rapport than about student achievement per se.
Academic text (1999) -
The NMC (2004) Standards of proficiency for specialist community public health nurses have barriers that seem at odds with the real world in which OH students, practice teachers, and educators work.
Academic text (2010) -
Because student reflection was integral to the classroom practice teachers wanted to initiate, and reflective practice was integral to the WONDER program itself, it seemed natural that the research process would be enriched by a reflective component.
Academic text (1998) -
As a practice teacher, she gained hands-on experience under the guidance of an experienced mentor.
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During her time as a practice teacher, she learned valuable classroom management techniques from her supervising instructor.
Synonyms
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A college or university student who teaches in a school while training to be a teacher
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase transparently combines 'practice' + 'teacher' so a learner can plausibly infer it refers to a teacher who is practising or in training (i.e., not a fully qualified teacher). However, the precise sense — a college student teaching under supervision as part of a practicum — relies on the specialized sense of 'practice' = 'practical training' and is somewhat culture/terminology-specific, so the meaning is only partly predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Practice teacher comes from practice meaning 'training' or 'learning by doing' and teacher meaning the person who teaches. It names a college student who teaches in a real classroom under an experienced teacher to learn on the job, so the phrase means a 'trainee teacher'.