This publication presents the guidelines used in developing and implementing the Teacher Internship phase of the Wisconsin Improvement Program. The objectives of this phase include a) provision for a realistic professional assignment for the teacher intern which involves all phases of an educational program; b) provision for an opportunity to put…

The purpose of the study described here was to 1) investigate teacher attitude toward the present state of closed circuit instructional television as revealed through a questionnaire administered in the Fremont Union High School District; and 2) to make recommendations that would encourage greater utilization of this medium. Responses to the…

The 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Montclair State College, Montclair, New Jersey focuses on the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers for slow learners in the inner city. Twenty students participated in the 3-week field experience program. The first week consisted of on-campus seminars which explored teaching methods…

This report describes the internship scheme in Jamaica as a terminal experience following a period spent in the teacher's college acquiring substantive knowledge of the profession. Program emphasis is placed on laboratory and field experience as well as technical competence. Major features of internship include the development of a Teaching…

The objective of this report is that teachers need to be heard more. They need to have the chance to express their frustrations and air their anger, and to do so in a way that will get the message beyond the protective custody of officialdom to the audience that really needs to hear it (parents and the general public). This book is a summary and…

Student and practicing teachers rated severity of classroom misbehaviors ascribed to Black or White attractive or unattractive children. Following student teaching, ratings of Black children's transgressions increased in severity, and ratings of White children's transgressions remained the same. Practicing teachers were affected by student…

Arguments for microteaching as part of an introductory methods course are presented, and the role of the supervisor in setting up and conducting a microteaching laboratory is explored. (JMF)

Data from four Delphi questionnaires completed by 141 university professors of adult education present their rankings of priority knowledge and skills that will be needed by future adult educators, as well as the types of learning experiences that would be most effective in gaining the priority skills and knowledge. (MF)

Field experience in the classroom is seen as helping education students learn to transfer their theoretical university training into actual practice. (JD)

What do teachers know about what is happening in classrooms other than their own? Surprisingly little. And what they do know certainly is not from first hand observation. Discusses how beginning teachers can learn how experienced teachers conduct their classes thereby building their own teaching expertise. (Author/RK)

In describing a learning-by-teaching program in home economics which places the student in a teaching role, four example situations are described, e.g., junior high students teaching elementary level students. Suggestions as to what to teach, how to obtain an audience, how to prepare students to teach, and how to evaluate the experience are also…

Are there different evaluative perceptions among groups of student teachers completing a variety of special and demanding student teaching projects? Are satisfaction levels higher or lower for pre-service teachers who serve in ethnic minority communities? This exploratory 1975 study attempted to answer those questions by focusing on possible…

How a University's Extern Program gives sophomore music education majors a head start in music teaching. (Editor)

Findings of an ethnographic study of student teaching experiences in a program emphasizing field-based practicums are explored. What students do in practicum sites, what influences behavior, ideas, attitudes, and different ways students respond to placement are described. Also discussed are how these findings are related to theoretical constraints…

Reviews the increased importance of bibliographic instruction in libraries of all types and addresses the question of whether librarians are adequately trained to teach library patrons. The responsibility of library schools to provide training for bibliographic instruction is discussed. (CLB)