This article is intended to suggest a few questions which ought to be dealt with by anyone who would try to develop a theoretical framework or rationale for the practicum. (Author)

In this article the author stresses the importance and need for realistic experiences to augment and develop a true education of the student. (Author)

This handbook is one of four handbooks developed for preservice and inservice counselor preparation and professional development. It was developed as a practical guide which will provide resources for counselor educators to use with students in practicum and internship settings in their training programs. It is also appropriate for use by…

A college supervisor responds to a student teacher who is frustrated by her experience. (HMD)

Micro-counseling, based on micro-teaching principles, was used in a pre-practicum training program to teach specific objectives related to test interpretation. Based on judges' ratings, the experimental group in micro-counseling received significantly higher ratings than the control group which had conventional class presentations and discussion…

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Job Corps Student Teaching project focused on Job Corps centers as feasible environments for providing realistic counseling experiences for counselors-in-training. Major training objectives were to provide the University of Maine counselor trainee actual counseling experience with…

This publication consists mainly of resumes of 100 practicum reports written by participants in Nova University's educational administration practicum program. All the resumes were originally published in issues of the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) catalog "Resources in Education." Each resume includes a 100-200 word abstract of…

The evaluation of residency and preceptorship programs at a medical school are briefly described. Valuable findings include identification of training deficiencies, details of actual student experiences, benefits of the program, and appraisal of student performance. (GDC)

Many mental health counselors develop apprenticeships characterized by submission to more experienced clinicians. Recommendations for the prevention of professional dependence are offered. (Author)

Provides a professional model for practicum supervision using supervisors with equal responsibility and status. The model stresses the use of professional knowledge in both the content and process of practicum supervision. Dual-focus supervision is seen as the integration and application of theory congruency and interpersonal dynamics. (Author/BL)

A practicum course, "Family Functioning," is an attempt by the School of Home Economics at the University of Nevada to make its students more sensitive to people while offering general home economics subject-matter courses. The response from students and from the families involved has been encouraging. (AG)

Counselors in training need to be involved on an experience level with the disadvantaged with these experiences related to courses. Practicums should include employment service experiences, especially with adolescents. (KH)

Uses 12 subscale scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory to assess effects of a practicum experience upon self-actualization of 79 University of Alberta graduate students (counseling students with and without practicum, and noncounseling students). Results indicate a facilitative effect of practicum upon self-actualization. (AH)