Structured Industrial Practice Studies is a work-based learning approach in three parts: (1) briefing, during which students set objectives to meet learning outcomes; (2) industry visit; and (3) debriefing, in which students review learning, reflect on experience in light of theory, and are assessed via written reports and/or oral presentations.…

Notes that practicum and internship programs in a counselor education department may encounter two basic types of problems: those which require structural change and those which do not. Presents the Practicum-Internship Problem Solving (PIPS) model, a model that combines systems concepts with consultative approach to help to identify and solve…

Investigated relation of training level to working alliance in 50 counselor-client dyads. Counselors were novices, advanced trainees, or experienced counselors. After three sessions, counselors and clients completed Working Alliance Inventory. Results revealed significant main effects for training level of counselor. Found no difference for bond…

A gerontology practicum can be a service-learning experience when students are guided in integrating the goals of service and learning and when reflection, analysis, and application are included. A case study at Missouri State University supported the practicum as a service-learning opportunity and identified ways to encourage individual and group…

This paper describes the training of first-year students in technical skills by students in the second year of a laboratory course. The authors conclude that peer teaching is a very useful teaching method for reinforcing technical skills and providing better instructor-student ratios in the laboratory. (Author)

Increased interest in the measurement of hospital quality has been stimulated by accrediting bodies, purchaser coalitions, government agencies, and other entities. This paper examines quality measurement for hospitals in rural settings. We seek to identify rural hospital quality measures that reflect quality in all hospitals and that are sensitive…

Caught between the demands of the normative (what they believe they "ought" to be and value) and normalisation (what professional others tell them that they "should" be and value), teacher candidates often experience themselves as belated even though they are newcomers to the profession--simultaneously heirs to a history and new to it. In this…

This study used responses of 20 student teachers to describe the different ways in which student teachers perceive the practice of their mentors as internal triggers for learning in their practicum experiences in the schools. Reported observations from pedagogical journals of student teachers were described according to various kinds of teaching…

Project work has been a common feature of undergraduate degree programmes for many years. While it has been named in a variety of ways, it typically involves students undertaking a substantial learning activity that is partly self-initiated and managed. More recently, programmes organised around the idea of work-based learning partnerships have…

The traditional goals of teacher education programs in Canada are preparing teachers who can work within existing school systems, who are knowledgeable in subject areas, and who have skills in various teaching techniques. These goals are at variance with the recognized need on the part of the schools for teachers who can integrate theory and…

The State University of New York at Buffalo and the Maryvale School System cooperated in planning and developing an intensive one-year graduate teacher preparation program that provides the total sequence for certification. A clinical team (consisting of university coordinator, "in school" coordinator appointed by the school, and…

Describes a practicum model for mental health counselor training in gerontology which includes academic preparation and clinical values, assessment skills, beginning counseling techniques, advanced counseling skills, and administrative competence. Presents supervision, the placement process, and procedural issues surrounding practica. (Author/ABB)

A study investigated the process used in evaluating student teachers of English as a foreign language (TEFL) during the practicum period, in an effort to assess and improve the supervision process. Subjects were 34 student teachers from Kuwait University practice-teaching in intermediate and secondary schools. The students' evaluation was…

These two articles discuss internships, or practicums, for library school graduate students from a librarian's perspective and from a student's perspective. Highlights include preplanning, the interview process, goals and objectives, the need for evaluation, mentoring, training policy, and suggestions for improving the internship experience. (LRW)

Presented is a conceptualization of a science-teaching practicum and exploration of supervision dialogue between a student teacher of grade nine science and his supervising teacher. The Schon "hall of mirrors" model of supervision is utilized. The model focuses on "parallelisms" that are created at times between the practice of…