Supporting student teachers in learning to teach is a collaborative effort by mentor teachers, teacher education supervisors, and student teachers. Each of the participants appraises effort and progress in learning to teach from different perspectives, however. This study explores how practice lessons are assessed by multiple raters. Teacher…

According to this article, "clinical" is an appropriate adjective only when as activity requires certain types of behavior on the part of the participant and under certain conditions. (MM)

A program in which college supervisors, cooperating teachers, and education students cooperate and work as a team is described. (JD)

This article describes the development of a scale for the observation of student teachers which would promote growth and improve the interaction of the student teacher, the cooperating teacher, and the faculty supervisor. A study involving use of the scale with 24 student teachers is described. (MT)

The concept of effective teacher training through the use of college supervisors is no longer a viable method of instruction. (LH)

Criticisms of Cruickshank's reflective teaching are described as ill-founded and indicative of a narrow view of the technique. It is asserted that the real limitations to reflective teaching are the supervising teacher educators' lack of insight and enthusiasm. (IAH)

The Detroit Public Schools-Wayne State University Elementary Team Internship Pilot Program was developed to provide an internship (after the student teaching experience) permitting elementary education students to assume the role of teacher. The team internship unit consisted of four interns, two assigned to each of two proximate classrooms; one…

A study of how 10 university supervisors conduct their observations of and conferences with student teachers is described. University supervisors and their attitudes are discussed, and their performance is studied. Methods and results of the study are given. (JL)

This study of 14 elementary school teaching triads focused on the problems inherent to student teaching programs. The study investigated cooperating teachers' attitudes about learning to teach, the classroom structures within which student teachers taught, and how these affected the role of the university supervisor. (JL)

A comparative analysis of case studies indicates that horizontal evaluation of student teachers provides methods of supervision that go beyond a focus on prescriptive practice. This process allows self-evaluation and encourages growth. Student teachers learn to reflect on their work and understand how they influence students. (DF)

The first national survey to see how the clinical professorship had been implemented indicated that there was little agreement on the role of the clinical professor. (MM)

The university supervisor performs three basic activities: (1) phasing the student teacher into the classroom's on-going activities; (2) defining and communicating the purposes and expectations to be fulfilled; and (3) observing and evaluating the performance of the student teacher. (JN)

An alternative way is suggested for schools of education to make significant changes for those who want them while maintaining the goodwill of their more conventional faculty and students. (MM)

This article describes a model for conducting collaborative, goal-oriented conferences with student interns to enable them to acquire the skills of beginning teachers. The procedures and rationale of the Supervised Throughput Model are described, and suggestions for its application are made. (JL)