1. In what ways do pre-service teachers conceive of collaboration? What mental schema do they bring to the idea of collaboration in teaching?
2. In what collaborative processes do pre-service teachers engage when asked to analyze others’ teaching performances?
3. What forms does collaboration take? How often do pre-service teachers collaborate, and in what ways does this collaboration shape their fieldwork and student teaching experiences?
involves observing a classroom one day a week for three months, followed
by student teaching in the same classroom for ten weeks, four days per
week. The second fieldwork experience places pre-service teachers in a
second classroom five days per week for ten weeks. These paired placements
serve as the context for the study presented here.