"Adaptive Mentorship"© (AM) is a mentoring model the authors have developed over a 21-year period. Mentor-protégé pairs originally applied it in teacher-education internship programs; however, the authors have subsequently witnessed its adoption by other mentorship/coaching practitioners/researchers across the professions. In this…

A profile of one state's principal preparation programs is presented in this article. The collaborative inquiry process used to develop a program narrative instrument and to capture data on characteristics of all 17 state-approved programs in the state of Indiana is provided. The statewide preparation program characteristics profiled in this…

An advanced study program leading to a Ph.D. degree in educational research and evaluation is described. The program is structured to provide experiences in research and evaluation as the area of specialization, professional education as the area of application, and liberal arts cognates. The curricular objectives of the program are given as…

This study examines three critical aspects of the school-visitation programs of art museums in the United States and Europe: the prevalence of volunteer guides and how museum personnel are training them, the ways various museums are involving classroom teachers in the school-visitation programs, and how these programs are evaluated. (Author/RK)

Considers the present status of intern programs for students of organizational communication and suggests possible future developments. (JW) Published by the Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, Staff Coordinator, ACA 5202 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041, $25.00 annual dues.

This performance report of the Summer Institute for Advanced Study on Educational Research for Asian Americans describes and evaluates the activities conducted from November 1, 1978 through October 31, 1979. The primary object of the project was to increase the participation of Asian Americans in the field of educational research and development.…

The Center for Study of Educational Innovations (CSEI), University of Massachusetts, through working relationships with different types of field testing schools, will experiment with research, development, and implementation in four areas: institutional structures, curriculum development, instructional strategies, and teacher education. High…

This performance report of the Summer Institute for Educational Research on Asian Americans summarizes and evaluates the activities and tasks completed from February 1 through October 31, 1980. The goal of the project was to increase the participation of Asian Americans in the field of educational research and development. Specifically, the…

The activities and tasks of a summer institute are summarized and evaluated in this report. The goal of the institute was to increase the participation of Asian and Pacific Americans (APA) in the field of educational research and development. Specifically, the institute provided an opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and common concerns…

Implementation of a program designed to prepare researchers in social science education, the Research Training Program at the University of Michigan, is reported. The research focus was given to problems relating to the teaching of the social sciences and history and to such topics as curriculum construction, controversial issues, the conduct of…

The directory of institutions providing a degree program for training adult educators was developed as an essential step in making training opportunities better known to prospective students and their advisers; the population covered includes programs omitted from prior studies. A substantial portion of the document is comprised of a listing of…

An internship is required of doctoral programs in vocational-technical education programs funded under Section 552 of the Education Professions Development Act; the programs of the 11 original EPDA 552 institutions were investigated, and the results are presented. The historical background of internship in the United States is developed in a…