Report of a study conducted for a master's thesis at Springfield College.

The amount of instructional time lost to transitional activities by student teachers, and techniques to minimize this time loss, are discussed. Time lost is estimated to average 9 percent, varying with the individual teacher. Suggestions are given for teacher supervisors to help student teachers optimize their class time. (MSE)

Provides a perspective on the conditions, attitudes, and problems that a teacher on a rural American Indian reservation may encounter. Stresses the personal benefits of living in a different culture. (DMM)

A computer simulation can help music education students solve problems likely to occur in musical instruction. The system combines video portrayal of classroom situations with microcomputer control, which allows the student alternatives in deciding how to deal with a particular problem. (KC)

Expectations, often idealistic, of beginning teachers are listed and described in the areas of the teaching experience, classroom activities, teacher concerns, teacher preparation, teacher-parent-student relationships, teacher evaluations, professional status, workload, teacher administrator relationship, support services, and school organization.…

Guidelines are given for an enrichment program that uses preservice teachers as mentors to provide experiences for gifted and talented pupils in grades five through seven. Ratings of the program by 31 students are also included. (MLF)

In spite of the recent emphasis in preservice teacher education on more and earlier field experiences, studies are challenging the contributions of full-time student teaching to professional growth. Although pragmatic findings favor the inclusion of field experience in teacher preparation programs, the importance of field experience has not been…

Recounts teaching experiences of a junior high school music teacher and his attempt to organize his experiences meaningfully. The discussion covers dimensions of student-teacher relationships, the importance of musicality, and the distinction between music training and music education. (AM)

The most effective teachers of teachers should be those who have had recent public school experience and training in the most modern methods. Methods courses should be devoted solely to methods, but "real world" problems should also be part of preservice preparation. (SK)

Among findings were that 45 percent of the average teachers were in their first or second year of teaching their current exceptionality, whereas only 22 percent of the superior teachers indicated such limited experience and more extensive preservice practicum experiences were associated with a greater number of superior teachers. (Author/SBH)

This follow-up study investigated teacher attitude change over one preservice and three in-service years. The most significant finding was that professional preparation is a more critical variable affecting teacher attitudes than several years of post-graduate teaching experience. (Author/GK)

A study to identify relationships between the amount of exposure students have to education (as a discipline) and their student teaching performances is reported. Students attending the University of Ife from 1973-1976 were studied. A positive relationship was discovered, but other factors need to be researched further. (MLW)

The Challenge of Change teacher education simulation program provides opportunities for preservice teachers to analyze and follow up broad issues frequently experienced by classroom teachers. The objectives are a widening of the range of attitudes to educational issues and encouraging decision making on educational issues based on reasoned…

A teacher, strongly individualistic and who handles her class in her own way, meets with parent and teacher disapproval. Her principal and students respect her. Proper counseling helps her to restore her balance with the community and her fellow-teachers. (RK)

Provides some suggestions for implementing the metric system including the need to establish a learning motivation for metrication within students. (RK)