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Teacher preparation in the Arab World: Effective mentoring – A missing link

Ali Al-Rabai

Head of Educational Sciences, College of Education – Qatar University

E-mail: aalrabai@gmail.com

Accepted November 13, 2014

Abstract

Teacher preparation in the Arab Word is mostly done by colleges of Education at Arab Universities. Regardless of the quality of teacher preparation programs offered, one major hindrance to graduating effective teachers is the poor quality of the Internship (practicum) component of the programs. Internship is usually mentored by traditional school teachers who lack the proper training as professional mentors. This paper proposes a diploma in Mentor Training that may guarantee a successful internship experience for better and more effective new teacher induction.

Keywords: Cooperating teachers, internship, mentoring, practicum, student-teacher, teacher preparation, teacher training.