In an effort to help prospective teachers translate theory into practice through re flective teaching, students enrolled in a social studies methods course were linked with master teachers through a cooperative teaching practicum. Fergu son introduces Joyce and Showers' model for effective teacher training, dis cusses reflective teaching and coopera tive team learning, describes the course procedures, and appraises the out comes of the project.
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