This paper explores the student teachers' perceptions about the most positive aspects of the supervision provided during their teaching practice. The authors developed a study based on the reflections of a group of 224 student teachers about their cooperating teacher's and university supervisor's performance. Student teacher's appraisals regarding…

The role of a practicum supervisor of early childhood students has received limited research attention in discussions of professional practice in this field. This article discusses four phases in the author's personal journey towards professionalism in this role. The phases reflect an ongoing research-practice cycle: Phase 1 involved a research…

Although audio tapes have been used in the supervision of counselor trainees for many years, there is no clear empirical evidence to support this practice. To examine the impact of audio tapes on the supervision of counselor trainees, 10 practicum graduate students were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Group A received 6 weeks of…

Two studies evaluated student teachers' preferences for directive or nondirective supervision. Both studies revealed a significant preference for the directive approach, contradicting much current theoretical writing. A third followup study showed student teachers' initial preference for the directive method gave way to the nondirective approach…