MONTESSORI APPROACH PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATION A COLLABORATIVE AUTOETHNOGRAPHY Nguyen Thi Phuong Nam (Thua Thien Hue College of Education) Mai Thi Cam Nhung (The University of Da Nang University of Science and Education) Tran Kiem Minh (Hue University of Education) Abstract Practicum denotes periods spent in school settings where the student teachers engage in a developmental process of observing and experimenting with teaching practice and learning about the professional tea[.]