The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Job Corps Student Teaching project focused on Job Corps centers as feasible environments for providing realistic counseling experiences for counselors-in-training. Major training objectives were to provide the University of Maine counselor trainee actual counseling experience with…

This publication consists mainly of resumes of 100 practicum reports written by participants in Nova University's educational administration practicum program. All the resumes were originally published in issues of the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) catalog "Resources in Education." Each resume includes a 100-200 word abstract of…

The evaluation of residency and preceptorship programs at a medical school are briefly described. Valuable findings include identification of training deficiencies, details of actual student experiences, benefits of the program, and appraisal of student performance. (GDC)

Many mental health counselors develop apprenticeships characterized by submission to more experienced clinicians. Recommendations for the prevention of professional dependence are offered. (Author)

Provides a professional model for practicum supervision using supervisors with equal responsibility and status. The model stresses the use of professional knowledge in both the content and process of practicum supervision. Dual-focus supervision is seen as the integration and application of theory congruency and interpersonal dynamics. (Author/BL)

A practicum course, "Family Functioning," is an attempt by the School of Home Economics at the University of Nevada to make its students more sensitive to people while offering general home economics subject-matter courses. The response from students and from the families involved has been encouraging. (AG)

Counselors in training need to be involved on an experience level with the disadvantaged with these experiences related to courses. Practicums should include employment service experiences, especially with adolescents. (KH)

Uses 12 subscale scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory to assess effects of a practicum experience upon self-actualization of 79 University of Alberta graduate students (counseling students with and without practicum, and noncounseling students). Results indicate a facilitative effect of practicum upon self-actualization. (AH)

Discusses the rationale and benefits of internship programs for library students in special libraries, suggests work programs, and considers sample intern projects. Six references are cited. (FM)

Pre/posttest data from 44 nursing students participating in a practicum showed that their role orientation changed from that of faculty to staff nurse. The practicum appeared to facilitate their socialization into the work setting. (SK)

The University of New England (Australia) offers a health education and promotion unit to third-year nursing students, featuring a practicum that integrates theory and practice through work in community health centers. (SK)

Counseling theories applied in initial clinical training courses (practicum) influence the counselors-in-training's future practice of counseling. Results of this study indicated that humanistic models are influential in current counseling practicum courses and will maintain a strong influence in the future. (Contains 21 references and 1 table.)…

Participation in an internship program offers many benefits to an undergraduate communication student. First, it allows a student to both make and develop professional contacts. Second, both full and part-time employment offers become available. Third, students can develop greater understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses. Fourth,…

Designed for graduate students supervising undergraduate work in a reading clinic, this practicum manual provides guidelines and materials needed for the graduate section of the Reading Practicum (Methods of Teaching Reading II) at Indiana University Southeast. In addition to the syllabus, which includes course description and objectives, course…