There are a substantial number of Certified Hand Therapists reaching retirement age in the next decade, however, there are few newer graduates who are pursuing this specialty. Students' lack of clinical knowledge has shown to be a barrier to successfully completing a hand therapy fieldwork affiliation. The purpose of the study is to investigate:…

Context: Multiple concepts contribute to effective clinical education practice, such as professional socialization, mentoring, and intergenerational learning differences. As the professional degree transition occurs, programs are being afforded the opportunity to restructure clinical education experiences. In March of 2018, the Commission on…

Occupational therapy fieldwork education has historically followed the traditional apprenticeship model, which pairs one student with one fieldwork educator for supervision and guidance through the transformational process from student to entry-level clinician. There is an absence of high-level evidence to support this model as best practice in…

This study examines social workers perceptions of their profession and of supervision of social work students. We gathered from 403 social workers metaphors related to the profession and supervision. We found that most of the metaphors concerning the profession revealed a positive view of it, though criticism was also expressed. The metaphors…

An increase of 88% in programs from 1990 through 2004, low GRE scores, low entry- level wages, declining pass rates in licensing tests, and an increase in ethical violations reported all support the contention that there are higher enrollment rates and decreased gatekeeping selectivity in today's graduate MSW programs. This article discusses four…

There is a consensus among researchers that teachers from diverse linguistic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds contribute to American education (Dee, 2004; Easton-Brooks, Lewis, & Yang, 2010; Irvine, 2003; Irvine & Fenwick, 2011; Ladson-Billings, 2005; Lu, 2005; Talbert-Johnson, 2001). There is also a call for teacher educators to recognize what…

The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experience of 12 missionaries living in the Countries of Kenya and Tanzania who had participated in various field based orientation programs in order to determine their perceptions of personal success and make recommendations for future field based orientation programs for missionary personnel.…

Given are varying accounts of the experiences encountered by educational psychology students at Union University while tutoring in the elementary schools. (NQ)

This study details the main activities that pre-student teachers were scheduled to engage in while in the Exploratory Field Experience Program at the University of Iowa. Its primary purpose was to investigate the effect of an undergraduate exploratory field experience (pre-student teaching) course on the attitudes held by prospective teachers. The…

A sample of 248 students taking undergraduate accredited field experience courses at Michigan State University felt that their major vocational, personal, and general educational objectives were met by their curriculum. Students expressed no significant weaknesses that could be attributed to field experience education as a whole. (Author)

This document is divided into three sections. Section I describes, from a historical viewpoint, the need for teacher education programs in Jamaica and the subsequent development of the internship program. Internship for a teacher is defined as "a terminal experience in his preparation sequence, preceded by acquisition of a body of substantive…

Pharmacy student externs' and preceptors' attitudes about the pharmacist's professional role were measured at the beginning, midpoint (students only), and end of an externship. Preceptors' responses were matched to their externs' responses. Results showed externs tending toward increased professionalism on one subscale, and extern-preceptor…

In response to the often-expressed need of preservice teachers for actual teaching experience, a study was conducted to assess the effect of a one-time 15-minute teaching experience on teacher trainees. It was hypothesized that this experience would help them become more concerned with their pupils than with themselves and become more aware of the…

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Contains five short discussions on the following topics: (1) using precision journalism techniques, (2) coping with teacher evaluation, (3) a program in which journalism students help produce a Sunday newspaper edition, (4) a course in international mass communications, and (5) professional journalists' opinions of the content of master's…