This document reports on a study that assessed the attitude of pre- and post-student teachers toward individualizing instruction. The subjects were 110 secondary school student teachers. The research instrument was the individualized Instruction Inventory, designed to provide a total individualization score and reveal attitudes toward…

Thirty-five secondary school teachers who had been assigned a student teacher were surveyed before and after the experience to compare how much time they anticipated spending in supervision to the time they actually spent. (JW)

The authors conducted a study to determine the major area of difficulties as perceived by student teachers in student teaching programs. (Author/RK)

Rankings of the importance of five competency areas (classroom instruction, human relations, planning, evaluation, and professionalism) deemed necessary for supervising teachers were obtained from university faculty members, public school placement directors, school principals, and teachers. (Author/NQ)

In comparison to a group in White, middle class schools, the Pupil Control Ideology Inventory (PCI) indicated that student teachers in ghetto-type schools were more custodial even before their student teaching. The supervising teacher was not a major factor in attitude change. (SJL)

In the described early field experience program the field experience is included in the introductory professional education course that is offered during the students' junior year. The field component requires that students spend a minimum of 30 hours actively participating in a public school classroom during the semester. Emphasis is placed on…

This study determines some of the competencies a public school teacher should possess before being assigned a student teacher. Subjects in the study included a random sample of unversity faculty who supervise secondary student teachers, student teacher placement directors in public school districts, principals of secondary schools, and teachers in…