Survey respondents from Holmes Group institutions (n=19), when compared to their non-Holmes (n=25) counterparts, were more in agreement that current standards in teacher education programs are inadequate; furthermore, they were more in favor of extended programs, increasing the number of liberal arts courses, and increasing the amount of field…

The purpose of this study was to determine if, in the view of the supervising teacher, there were differences in the performance of student teachers in an eight week program and in a full semester program. Participating supervising teachers had supervised two or more student teachers under a full-time, eight week student teaching program, and also…

The reduction of traditional medical curricula from four to three years by many medical schools in the U.S. since approximately 1969--a major experiment in medical education--was studied. The effects on the institutions and medical programs were examined by analyzing the information regarding: (1) the school's decision to convert to a three-year…