Your friend Susan found her first year of teaching to be very traumatic. She had great difficulty adjusting to the “real world” of school, and she felt overwhelmed by how much she had to learn and to handle. Which of the following might have helped her most in avoiding such negative experiences during her initial year of teaching?
a. more pedagogy (methods) courses in her teacher preparation program
b. a fifth-year preparation program
c. a mediated entry program
d. periodic, one-day, in-service training workshops
ANSWER: c
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