student teacher

noun

1. 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.

student teacher

noun

1. a person who is teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher

Other Words From

• student teaching noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of student teacher¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

She apparently excelled as a student teacher, because the Nairobi school, Rosslyn Academy, hired her upon graduation in 2007.

From The Daily Beast

Through Valley Forge, Buchanan spent a semester in Nairobi as a student teacher.

From The Daily Beast

The student-teacher should rearrange them as they would occur in the child's learning process.

From Project Gutenberg

For this reason, the student-teacher may profitably make himself acquainted with the main conditions of retention and recall.

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I soon found that she was a student teacher, also an elocutionist of grace, skill and power.

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