Research in Music Student Teaching

Abstract

Abstract The term student teaching refers to a specified time period when music education students are placed in an elementary or secondary school setting to work with a music teacher who helps them create and implement lesson plans, assess student learning, and master the administrative tasks that accompany being a music teacher. The time period usually falls in the senior year of undergraduate study after all professional course work and mandatory early field experiences are completed. Each state sets the length of time that student teachers must work in school settings. According to Arends (1991), a single student-teaching placement averages 480 clock hours and most students are assigned to a specific site for 12 weeks. Yet these numbers are not supported by other surveys. Andrews (1999) notes that only four states specify hours of work and the range is from 150 to 300 clock hours. Other states define placements as full-time weeks of direct student contact that range from 1 to 18. Patrick and Schleuter (1999) determined that music placements last anywhere from 10 to 34 weeks, with no mention of clock hours. McClellan (1995), in surveying Missouri college and university music departments, found the range from 1 to 18 weeks. Patrick and Schleuter along with McClellan report that most music students are placed in two different settings in order to meet K-12 instructional demands mandated by state laws.

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