Provides a comprehensive view of the predoctoral internship for counseling psychologists. Delineates relevant issues in intern training. Attempts to stimulate the field of counseling psychology to examine critically the effectiveness of internship training programs. (Author/ABB)

Responds to Holloway and Roehlke's aritcle on training counseling psychologists. Comments on the locus of control for education and training decisions, and the scientist-practitioner model. Urges counselor educators to take more initiative in establishing education and training policy. (ABB)

This study investigated the social studies curriculum perceptions of 66 pre-methods undergraduates and 164 student teachers surveyed after their field experience. Perceptions were measured on a 21-item Likert-format questionnaire developed from the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies. Results showed little…

Examined relations among various client and counselor characteristics and engagement in counseling for more than one session. After the initial interview, clients and counselors rated each other. Counselors' perceptions of clients as more disturbed, identification of concerns for clients by counselors, and counselors' desire to see the clients…

Compared practicum supervisors and counseling students in training in terms of dominant cognitive style and related cognitive style of counselors in training to supervision processes and outcome measures. Did not detect a strong relationship between cognitive style of counselors in training and supervision process and outcome measures. (Author/ABB)

A survey of 13 school of nursing faculty members and service agency staff nurses revealed each group's perceptions of the costs and benefits of having student nurses gain work experience in service agencies through practicums. Results indicated that service agencies benefit at a 2 to 1 ratio from student participation. (CH)

Common problems experienced by educators when addressing the practicum area of curriculum development are identified. A two-year pilot program at the University of Alberta is used to illustrate the development of a program where attention to quality is a priority. (Author/MT)

Compared two models of family therapy supervision: supervision based on delayed feedback supervision concepts and supervision based on the concepts of live supervision using the team approach. No significant differences were detected between the two supervision models in their ability to help interns acquire and retain selected family therapy…

A seven-week summer academic noncategorical training program for special education teachers organized around specific teaching competencies resulted in significant academic gains for 80 mildly handicapped elementary students. (CL)

The challenge of preparing a preservice teacher who is to work with nonhandicapped children is considerable. Special adaptations made in training hearing-impaired persons to teach social studies is discussed, and the successes and problems of these students when they begin to teach social studies in the practicum setting are examined. (RM)

The primary aim of the program is to develop contexts in which prospective teachers can observe teaching-learning in action and can try innovative ideas under the guidance of a professional. (JH)

Describes a course given by the author at Cornell, "Practicum in Understanding Family Day Care". Includes rationale, student projects, and benefits to students and participating day care workers. (HS)

This qualitative study, grounded in Dewey's theory of experience, explores what six recent graduates claimed to learn from a university music teacher education program's methods course, early field experiences, and student teaching. These teachers identified common elements of learning from the course, although they shaped and applied those…

This paper examines the impact of a compulsory action research project requirement on a teacher education program restructured to provide preservice teacher candidates with an early extended practicum. Thirteen students doing preservice teaching in two high schools in Ontario, Canada, participated. Findings from the action research projects show…

This paper describes the development of a practicum designed to recruit and support teacher candidates from one district through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification. Potential candidates had been isolated in their pursuit of certification because there were no support groups, courses, or manuals specifically…