The nature of five mentor-intern relationships was investigated throughout the 1987-88 school year in four different, formalized mentoring projects in upstate New York. Subjects consisted of pairs of more- and less-experienced teachers. Variables considered in selecting the pairs included age, experience, gender, race, content area, context,…

A study was conducted which described the inner concerns and priorities of student teachers. Information was gathered by means of journal entries and interviews with four student teachers and their supervisors. Under consideration were questions about the appropriateness of teacher education programs in preparing students for the job of teaching,…

This paper presents a qualitative case study of three interns who completed the 5-year teacher education program at the University of Tennessee and, following their intern year, were hired as teachers in the high school where they had served as interns. The program at the university prepared teachers in two phases: the undergraduate years, devoted…

A case study approach was used to evaluate the statewide reading improvement project in Louisiana called Special Plan Upgrading Reading (SPUR). SPUR emphasized a change agent approach by providing Technical Assistants and small stipends (approximately $5,000) to participating school districts. During the first two years of the evaluation,…