People sometimes argue that students shouldn't take education courses as undergraduates, because they aren't "meaningful." Colleges of education have responded to this criticism by providing field experiences for the undergraduates. This can be viewed as a step in the process of developing preservice teachers' abilities to teach. Of the following, the best explanation for the value of field
experience according to Piaget would be that it:
a. helps preservice teachers begin to deal with abstract concepts.
b. provides a form of concrete experience for the abstract concepts preservice teachers must understand.
c. enhances preservice teachers' maturation.
d. provides the necessary social interaction to improve preservice teachers' communication skills.
b
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