Describes the Alberta Initiation to Teaching Project, a two-year, $30 million experiment to provide a paid five-month internship for 900 education graduates which offers continued professional training in an environment that will facilitate the transition from student to professional teacher. (NEC)

Two basic types of internship plans used by community college health programs are used: (1) lecture/internship mix and (2) block internship. Neither type adequately addresses the problems of small, rural, community colleges attempting to establish quality health occupations programs. The proposed model curriculum uses the advantages of both types.…

Educational and practical experience are both essential to teacher education, and prospective teachers require a carefully planned curriculum integrating realistic practice in all the activities of teaching with theory and research in pedagogy. (Author/MSE)

Describes the undergraduate internship in conversation at New Mexico State University, a course which attempts to improve the oral communication of basic language classes. The course offers undergraduates opportunities to hold conversations with more advanced undergraduates in weekly meetings. In order to make the class nonthreatening, neither…

Focusing on the intellectual, cognitive mental domain of learning, the article discusses the kind of mental work one is expected to perform and the social relationships one engages in academic learning and field learning. (SB)

Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools has created an extensive staff development program for current and potential administrators. The program includes (1) leadership training to help participants make career decisions and acquaint them with various issues in administration, (2) an internship program, (3) an assessment center, and (4)…

A field work, internship, or practicum course, by virtue of its emphasis on practical decisions and interventions, is perhaps more directly concerned with values and ethical issues than any other course in the undergraduate psychology curriculum. Methods and resources for facilitating discussion of ethical issues are discussed. (RM)

Used an institutional cycle design to investigate changes occurring after participation in internships with college students (N=90) in business curriculums. Results indicated that students changed their self-perceptions, their preferences regarding ideal jobs, and some of their instrumental and more encompassing values. (LLL)

Outlines the Intern-Intervention Program of Toledo, Ohio, that uses experienced teachers to train and evaluate both beginning teachers and experienced teachers with problems. (MD)

Describes an internship program in the communication arts. Offers suggestions for implementing and monitoring internship programs. (PD)

Surveyed 39 counselor educators to examine doctoral programs for training counseling psychologists. Results suggested recent moves to more clearly define the field of psychology have reduced the number of counseling psychology training programs. The advantages of American Psychological Association approval were noted. (JAC)

A program, called "Decision Making in the Public Sector" that uses simulated internships, was designed to provide IBM participants with firsthand exposure to the government actors, institutions, and processes involved in the formation and implementation of public policy. (Author/ND)

Peter Drucker discusses current issues in education such as teacher development and encouragement of alternative methods of learning/teaching. (GW)

Offers an instructional paradigm applicable to any learning situation and considers four instructional strategies specifically appropriate for use in teaching organizational communication. (MH)

A theme common to recommendations for change in school leader preparation is that preparation be grounded in practice and include field-based experience or internship. Despite recognition for reform, substantial change has been slow to emerge. This study was conducted in North Carolina in 1995 to assess revised leadership preparation programs…