ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines a range of practical strategies to assist field educators in the teaching activities. It addresses the core issues in field education: the strategies and reasons for field educator observations of student work and the importance of collecting evidence to demonstrate performance. The chapter aims to practical issues that are of day-to-day concern to both experienced and inexperienced educators. The field educator is typically a senior practitioner in the agency with several years of practice experience. Many field educators are part of the agency management, although this is not always the case. One of the critical tasks for field educators is teaching specific skills to students while enabling them to learn from their experiences. Some of the skills students may need to acquire include an understanding of professional roles; specific professional skills such as specialised assessment, information and data-gathering approaches, and new practice methods; or even such basic skills as writing reports, letters and case records.
