noun
a college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in education
• Syn: ↑practice teacher
• Hypernyms: ↑college student, ↑university student
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noun : one studying to be a teacher; especially : a student usually in his last year at a college or teacher-training institution who is engaged in practice teaching at a demonstration school, in a public-school system, or at a cooperating private school
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a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
Also called intern, practice teacher.
[1905-10]
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student teacher,
a college or university student who teaches in a school for a certain period to qualify for a teacher's certificate or diploma; practice teacher.
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noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
: a student who is learning how to teach and practicing teaching for the first time
student teaching noun [noncount]
Where did you do your student teaching?
Useful english dictionary. 2012.