Examines the expressed orientations toward education of: preservice teachers who opted to participate in student teaching programs in minority settings; preservice teachers who selected conventional student teaching placements; and inservice (cooperating/supervising) teachers who serve minority or mainstream settings. (Author/RK)

The purpose of the two studies reported in this paper are (1) to extend knowledge about the effects of longer field experience with multiple role models (supervising teachers) upon student teachers' value orientations toward education and schooling; and (2) to document the effects that the student teaching experiences have upon the educational…

This study ascertained the relationship between rankings of 47 supervising classroom teachers and their attitudes toward education. Independent rankings of supervisory effectiveness were obtained from 47 classroom teachers, 91 student teachers, and 12 university personnel. Each classroom teacher completed two standardized attitude toward education…

This study investigates the relationship between the effectiveness of the supervising classroom teacher and the attitudes of the classroom and student teachers. The results indicated that teachers with highly progressive and/or highly traditional attitudes toward education tended to be perceived by student teachers as somewhat less effective…

The two studies reported in this paper extend the knowledge about the effects of longer field experience with multiple role models (supervising teachers) upon student teachers' value orientations toward education and schooling. Previous research indicates that student teachers tend to adopt the values and attitudes toward education modeled for…