This practicum report deals with a governance problem at the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in its third year of operation. The problem was a result of the absence of positions at the faculty/administration interface and the interdisciplinary housing of the faculty. Position papers of task groups made up of an administrator and two…

This document presents the proceedings of a 1974 workshop by the Canadian Teacher Federation's Teacher Education Committee on designing a quality practicum. The introduction to the document indicates that the proceedings were broken into two parts. Part 1 addressed the basic question, What are we trying to do? and covered the following topics:…

The goal of the Total Involvement Professional Semester (TIPS) was to allow elementary education students at Shippensburg State College to become involved in an educational environment in a meaningful way to develop their professional knowledge and skills. The experimental program consisted of five important components: a) three weeks of…

This article investigates the concept of self-actualization introduced by Abraham Maslow (1954). A summary of Maslow's Needs Hierarchy, along with a description of the characteristics of the self-actualized person, is presented. An analysis of humanistic education reveals it has much to offer as a means of promoting the principles of…

This research study was conducted to determine if teacher interns' perceptions of professional support are related to the quality of interpersonal experience or to extraneous variables such as class size, grade level, sex of intern, and school setting (urban or suburban). Intern perception of professional support received from school…

This book assists the supervising teacher in working with a student teacher. It provides basic guidelines for employment in the process of supervision. The content of the book is a compilation of questions asked by supervising teachers at professional meetings, in courses on the techniques of supervision, and during individual conferences with the…

This paper reviews research on supervision in counselor training. The author approaches supervision in counselor training as a continuum. At one end are those who see supervision primarily as a didactic activity and at the other extreme are those that stress the experiential, "counseling" approach to supervisory role. The two approaches demand…

An elementary school reading-interest project was designed to overcome summer learning loss and to foster an interest in independent reading. The major strategy, "The Reading Interest Passport," consisted of nine independent reading contracts leading to "badges." This approach was selected after consideration of cost, coordination with ongoing…

An investigation of the effects of a seven-day camp experience with disturbed adolescents on approximately sixty undergraduate "camp counselors" was conducted. Limitations of the study are discussed as well as some suggestions for future research into practicum sites for programs training teachers of the severely disturbed. (Editor/RK)

Compares scores on the Omnibus Personality Inventory by groups of relatively effective and ineffective trainees. Trainees completed tests prior to first practicum experience and were evaluated by practicum supervisors at the end of each practica. Data revealed significant differences in personality characteristics of the groups. (Author)

Describes a teacher training experiment in which a school of education and an urban comprehensive school cooperated to create a teaching environment that produced a relaxed atmosphere for student teachers. (RK)

A laboratory teaching experience (L.T.E.) was designed to focus on three teaching behaviors. It was recognized that a behavioral approach to teaching simplified its complexity by isolating specific teaching behaviors. Discusses the development and evaluation of the laboratory teaching experience. (Author/RK)

Describes a residential homemaking program as one of the ways to make vocational homemaking significnat for both present and future needs of students through educational opportunities in a nonschool environment. (TA)

Three objectives are described: (1) teach methods for applying the principles of pharmaceutical technology to institutional services involving drug safety, efficacy, and administration; (2) develop student skills in drug-delivery systems within hospitals; and (3) encourage technology application within a clinical setting for better patient care.…

Northwestern's Seminar on College Teaching, sponsored by the Graduate School, is open to any graduate student in any degree program and each participating department outlines its own seminar content and procedures. An experimental version of the seminar with discussion and practicum features is described. (LBH)