In 1969 the Research Division of the U.S. Office of Education supported the development of a model for a "Masters College" which is a combined 4-year undergraduate and graduate program that integrates the last two years of college with professional preparation at the master's level for training junior college teachers. One outcome of this research…

The Spanish Dame Bilingual Education Project, located in Santa Clara County, California, served 190 children who came from homes where the primary language was Spanish and who resided within the target area schools of the Alum Rock School District. The objectives of the preschool project were (1) to demonstrate a home-teaching procedure designed…

The individualized approach described here is seen as significant in its avoidance of the conflict between social work education for social change, for service to individuals, or for development of general skills. Interns were involved in all educational decisions and graduated prepared for various careers. (Editor/JT)

Students at Colorado's Graduate School of Public Affairs gain experience in places like the state house or Steamboat Springs before facing the tough demands put on today's government administrators. (Editor)

The Multi-National Corporate Studies Program at Upsala College integrates foreign language study with international business studies. The program, which culminates in domestic and foreign internships, is described. (SW)

An instructor in the Horticulture Department of the Milwaukee Area Technical College describes their work experience program which simulates closely the occupational conditions of the horticulture industry. The new campus gives students practice in landscape skills and an internship program places students with suitable employers. (MF)

Theme articles focus on FFA (Future Farmers of America) conventions and contests. They examine FFA as an extracurricular versus intracurricular activity, keeping competition in perspective, contests as student motivators, how a sponsor views FFA, improving the teaching of leadership, benefits of FFA participation, the needs of disadvantaged and…

Presents personal and professional considerations for instructional systems graduates for defining, seeking, and following a career in business and industry. Highlights include defining employment goals, internships, salary considerations, fringe benefits (including moving expenses, vacation and compensatory time, and travel), the importance of…

Urges development of gifted programs appropriate to rural schools. Discusses groupings, curricula, technology, and differentiated education. Emphasizes the importance of peer and community involvement. Provides 21 references. (SKW)

The authors describe the state-sponsored Illinois Vocational Instructor Practicum. This program provides financial support for teachers to spend up to eight weeks in a private sector position, allowing them to update their work when they return to the vocational education classroom. (CH)

Describes underlying rationale of program designed to offer recent library school graduates special training opportunities that focus on current issues, trends, and developments in academic librarianship. Recruitment, educational component of program, roles of supervisors and project director, and comments from three residents (expectations,…

As a first step in the development of a competency-based clinical toxicology clerkship, a set of terminal behavioral objectives were developed that reflect the anticipated role that clinical pharmacists should play as part of the clinical toxicology team. The evaluation approaches used at the University of Utah are presented. (LBH)

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 3-year federally supported personnel preparation program at Stephen F. Austin University (Texas) to train graduate-level personnel to serve children and youth with serious emotional disturbance and autism (SED/A). The program was designed to recruit, train, and seek employment in…

This paper describes a college-level course on global economics in German, taught jointly by professors from the economics and German departments, designed to teach students business German. Students are assigned the books and other materials relating to global economics in English and required to present a report on what they read to the class in…

Ongoing efforts to include social contextual dynamics in research on mathematics education require theoretical frameworks that allow researchers to zoom their focus out to include the social sphere (Lerman, 1998). This is especially important when studying teacher development, as teachers learn in a wide variety of social contexts. Here we…