The New College Experimental Teacher Education Program at Hofstra University was developed to provide a field-centered experience for undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in elementary education. The Teacher Innovator Program at Columbia University's Teachers College provided the major theoretical ideas and concrete materials for the…

The study examined the influence of learning to teach in pairs on eight first-year teachers. Each participated in an experimental program during student teaching, a peer-teaching model, where two student teachers worked with one mentor. Some worried that the peer-teaching model would not prepare them adequately for the realities of classroom…

This paper describes a study that investigated the effects of participation in collaborative supervision on the ability of individuals to perceive the helpfulness of others' responses, their ability to make helpful responses, and their perceptions of themselves and others as helpers. Subjects of the study were 44 student teachers and their…

A form of preservice teaching experience is needed that will promote intellectual growth as well as allow for practice teaching and professional socialization. (MM)

An experimental competency based teacher training program that used a modular approach succeeded in giving student teachers an added sense of security.

Describes a program in which student teachers are involved in a modular on-campus setting, in addition to their experiences in classrooms. Flexibility within the faculty of education allows for change between semesters, as well as from year to year. (JD)

A pilot program for training cooperating teachers and bettering communication among all participants in the student teaching program is described. (JMF)

AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, SENIOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION STUDENTS SERVED AS RESOURCE PERSON TRAINEES (RPTS) IN A PROJECT DESIGNED TO PREPARE THEM TO BECOME EITHER FULL-TIME TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (FLES) OR REGULAR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WHO COULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN FLES INSTRUCTION PRESENTED THROUGH AUDIOVISUAL…

This article presents an inventory for a cultural immersion teacher education program based on the program at Indiana University. It offers a rationale and objectives of such a program as well as specifics for participant selection, presite preparation, on-site requirements, external supervision, and evaluation plan. (JMF)

Describes six student-centered educational programs developed to put the emphasis for learning on the student. (Author/DN)