Designed as the first stage of a four-year evaluation of the education practicum program at the University of Alberta, this study had two major purposes. The first was to provide a pool of data to serve as a base line against which to compare new practicum programs. The second was to identify satisfactory and unsatisfactory aspects of the program.…

CLARKE COLLEGE IN DUBUQUE, IOWA, INITIATED AN NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTE IN READING IN 1965 TO UP GRADE ELEMENTARY READING INSTRUCTION AND TO CHECK UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG ITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH WORD RECOGNITION, TECHNIQUES OF QUESTIONING, COMPREHENSION, STUDY SKILLS, CRITICAL READING, CREATIVE READING, READING…

Practicum experiences for the student teacher should be sequentially ordered, proceeding from the simple to the complex. Having identified the areas of instructional experience as (1) number of lessons taught per day, (2) number of pupils taught per lesson, (3) sequential context of the lesson taught, (4) cognitive level of the lesson taught, and…

This proposal for a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program to be instituted at Texas A&M University includes a general statement about the program; description of the MAT degree; justification of the need for an MAT Program at Texas A&M University; an outline of the two program options (either noncertified personnel may become certified or…

This practicum was conducted to: (1) study the attitudes of librarians presently supervising Library Technical Assistant (LTA) graduates from Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in New Jersey; (2) survey employment prospects for LTAs in Mercer and adjacent counties, and compare the results with those of a 1969 survey; and (3) evaluate present…

Experience a Practicum with Exceptional Children (EPEC), university lecture courses and practicum experience within a local school district, offered field-based teacher education on the needs of handicapped students. The EPEC summer program recruited elementary students who were gifted, learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, mildly…

This study was undertaken by the participating school systems and the University of Maryland to systematically examine the 14 teacher education centers which have been in operation since the mid-1960's. The questions investigated were the following: (a) In what preparatory experiences are student teachers engaged? (b) Do experienced teachers…

This book is divided into 10 chapters. The first deals with the historical development of clinical experiences in teacher education. Chapter 2 explains how it was realized in the late 1960's that a true partnership between colleges and public schools was needed if quality laboratory experiences were to exist. Many such partnerships have been…

The purpose of this study was to further the development and implementation of a curriculum continuum and a student assessment program in mathematics in the 11 elementary schools of the Half Hollow Hills School District, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A mathematics continuum written in terms of behavioral objectives and sequenced in a nongraded format…

A study was undertaken to assess the quality and quantity of practical experience and field work provided in the instructional programs of American Library Association-accredited library schools. Some 62 schools in the United States and Canada were surveyed by mail, and personal visits were made to 13 of the 62. In 65% of the schools some formal…

This study was designed to provide the College of Lake County with data to promote critical thinking and discussion about the revision of the present admission criteria for the practical nursing program. Subjects were the coordinators/directors of the 36 approved schools of practical nursing in Illinois. A letter and a questionnaire comprised of a…

This study is aimed at determining whether personalized pre-enrollment counseling based on the results of a standardized English skills test has a positive effect on new student enrollment, attrition (withdrawal), and success in reading skills courses. By comparing pertinent data for spring 1972 students who were not counseled with data for…

This book is divided into three sections in which the authors of the articles which comprise the book discuss the problems of teaching and understanding the disadvantaged. The articles presented in section 1 ("The Problem as Viewed by an Interdisciplinary Team") deal with the characteristics of the disadvantaged (including discussions of…

A study compared instances of self-supervision with more traditional supervision of student teachers to determine the relationships between this variable and teacher attitudes and interaction behavior. Eighty-four secondary education student teachers were engaged in self-supervision, or were more traditionally supervised, or both. Self-supervising…

A 2-year investigation attempted to ascertain whether summer workshop training of elementary teachers in the use of such feedback practices as Flanders' interaction analysis, video tape techniques, and other conceptual supervisory tools would produce measurable change in the instructional behavior of their student teachers as compared to student…