One hundred and seven supervising teachers and 143 student teachers were administered a set of 42 criteria to determine if they perceived the performance of 15 university supervisors differently. Student teachers were more concerned with the regularity and nature of visits by the university supervisors and the specific assistance they were able to…

Recall and weekly recordings of morale levels yielded similar morale profiles. Morale profiles among kindergarten/elementary, elementary, secondary education majors and secondary noneducation majors were very similar. The kindergarten/elementary group experienced lower morale during week eight. Overall, morale was high during the entire semester.…

Assessment of parental opinions regarding their children's experiences with student teachers revealed mostly positive perceptions. Most parents believed that their children's exposure to student teachers did not impede their academic progress. (CB)

The primary purpose of this project was to develop a system for the evaluation of student teachers employing automated data processing as an integral part of the system. This system employed data gathered from four sources: (1) Public School Pupils, Grades 7-12; (2) Student Teachers; (3) Supervising Teachers; (4) College Supervisors. The emphasis…

Presented is an effective, nonthreatening way to provide feedback to supervising teachers. It involves an exercise called "Butterflies (ways supervising teachers helped) and Bugs (behaviors of supervising teachers which were detrimental or unprofessional)." (KC)

Secondary student teachers differ in leadership styles and tend to be more concerned with initiating structure than consideration. Their own perception of their leadership style was a significant predictor of learner achievement but learner perception was not. Leadership style was not significantly related to posttest-measured learner achievement.…

One way to improve the quality of education is to improve the quality of the instructional program. Programs of professional laboratory experiences provide opportunities for students of teaching to apply theory to practice in real classroom situations. (Author/RK)

This study had three purposes: to compare the concerns of student teachers in a full semester program with the concerns of those in an eight-week, block program; to apply a factor analytic approach to the classification of student teacher concerns; and to determine the level and direction of changes in concerns as a result of experiences during…

Directors of student teaching programs in 38 states, as well as student teachers and supervising teachers at Texas A and M University were surveyed on the use of student teachers as substitutes. The findings showed that the use of student teachers as substitutes is widespread, difficult to control, and, as seen by directors, a source of abuse of…

Identified perceived leadership styles of student teachers and their supervising teachers and compared leadership styles of elementary and secondary student teachers. Student teachers saw themselves as having greater concern for students than did their supervising teachers. Secondary student teachers were significantly more task-oriented than…

The student teaching experience can be highly stressful. Little is being done to prepare student teachers to cope with stress, and research on the subject is limited. Suggestions are made for ways to help student teachers cope with stress and objectives for research on the topic are discussed. (JD)