Japanese and American Student Teacher Voices: A Comparative Study of Critical Incidents.

The Japan-United States Teacher Education Consortium (JUSTEC) was formed in 1987 to promote collaborative international research and faculty development regarding teacher education. As part of this 20-member university consortium, faculty at Tamagawa University (Tokyo) and San Diego State University have been engaged in a collaborative research project to increase understanding of the ways in which novice teachers (student teachers and new teachers) are acculturated into the teaching profession in Japan and the United States. The purpose of this study is to compare the student teaching experiences of novice teachers in Japan and the United States as a means to understand