The evaluation of teaching practicums by supervisors in schools
In 2001, the Quebec Ministry of Education published new orientations for teacher training and invited universities to review their training programmes in terms of these new orientations. After a decade of implementing these new orientations, which are centered on an approach involving competencies, the study on which this article is based proposes to focus on the practices of different teaching practicum programmes. Many associate teachers and school officials working in Quebec have contributed to this evaluative research on the training practicums, and more specifically on the modalities of the practicums, the supervision, their evaluation and the guides established in different teacher training programmes in Quebec. The analysis of the collected data demonstrates that the reception of a practice teacher is a stimulating event for the participants, who collaborate with the universities to accompany the practice teachers in their professional development.