Effective broadcast education should get students to perform professionally in broadcast situations with a minimum of guidance. To do this, class assignments should include either activities similar to commercial work or on-the-job experiences at the campus or local commercial radio stations. The possibilities for such activities and experiences…

This collaborative monograph by four authors is a comprehensive survey of the mass training of medical doctors in the USSR. (Author/ND)

Organizational linkages between teacher education courses and various health care industries used to promote the professional growth and development of 14 University of Louisville (Kentucky) students are described. Students who took part in the program defined their own educational needs, wrote performance objectives to address these needs,…

Indications point to an increasing professionalism of business teachers at all levels in the 1970's. Videotaping techniques, microteaching, newer developments in student-teaching approach (including internship) are providing opportunity for teachers to become sophisticated analysts of teaching-learning behaviors. (Author)

This description of the experiences of a graduate student intern in reference services who served as instructor for freshman English classes at the University of Kentucky includes suggestions for teaching techniques and relationships with students and comments on the effects of this experience on his professional growth. (RAA)

An internship program designed to familiarize preservice teachers with the working mechanisms of the Individually Guided Education method of instruction is discussed. (LH)

Often foreign teaching assistants (TAs) are assigned to lead a discussion-type class on the undergraduate level. Such an assignment requires skills, in addition to English language skills, which their own educational background has not developed in them. To help make up for their lacking skills, a short course, combining a series of minilectures…

Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The 10 papers discuss the following topics: (1)…

This collection of 46 journal articles, compiled to provide readers with a description of all facets of the National Teacher Corps program, is intended to represent the diverse points of view of many recognized leaders in the fields of compensatory, public school, and higher education. The book is designed especially for Teacher Corps interns and…

An observation study examined four dimensions of beginning teacher practice that had been heavily emphasized in the first year of a partial internship program and that typically pose problems for first year teachers. These dimensions included: (1) literacy instruction; (2) instructional planning; (3) positive classroom environments and management;…

Surveyed field experiences in school psychology programs at the doctoral and nondoctoral levels. Three program levels (Masters, Advanced Graduate Status, and Doctoral) were compared on the field-based component of training. Programs at all levels introduced field experiences the first year and continued to offer them throughout training.…

Law students at Washburn University have the opportunity to intern for a semester at Washburn Legal Clinic. The use of psychologically-based learning group methods to help these interns in their transition from book-oriented students to practicing attorneys is described. Attorney client relationships and stages in attorney development are among…

Critical reflection promotes the questioning of assumptions, the rendering visible of the otherwise invisible. This article describes and analyzes the teaching and learning of critical reflection in the context of an internship program at the University of Sydney within the framework of completing a reflexive report for assessment. The authors…

This article examines learning opportunities for gifted and talented students. Districts and states have developed innovative programs that include mentorships, Saturday programs, after-school enrichment activities and summer internships. However, recent experiences suggest strongly that this attention has decreased in the years following the…

In 1985, Memphis State University designed and implemented two fifth-year internship programs for Arts and Science graduates wanting to become secondary teachers. The 12- and 15-month programs, though packaged slightly diffferently, provide future teachers with the necessary skills for survival in the beginning teaching years and beyond. The…