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 Word Forms

• student teaching noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of student teacher¹

First recorded in 1905–10