The goal of a counselor education program is to educate and train individuals who will be able to fulfill the role and functions of the counselor in a variety of settings. Practicum is viewed as an essential experience in helping students develop the necessary skills to function as a counselor. A behavioral model of supervision for use in the…

Practicum members cited as giving meaningful feedback at or above the group median were recalled as producing significantly more verbal, more positive, and more owned feedback than practicum members cited as giving less meaningful feedback than the group median number of citations. The two groups did not differ significantly on the Myers-Briggs…

This article describes a graduate course in clinical geropsychology that combines classroom, practicum, and field-visit components. The course provides clinical and applied developmental students with an overview of the major research and clinical topics of the field, as well as firsthand exposure to the setting of the nursing home, its residents,…

Using reflective journals to promote learning has been a common practice in the teaching profession. How learners present reflections in what are judged to be high-quality reflective writing remains under-researched. This paper explores the discourse features of teaching practicum reflective reports written by six pre-service student teachers of…

The early childhood practicum course is the venue through which college students synthesize prior learning about developmentally appropriate teaching practices and apply it in supervised fieldwork settings. Prior research identifies that while this course has a central place in the preparation of teachers, there are acknowledged gaps of…

The American School Counseling Association's (ASCA) National Model has been recognized in the field of professional school counseling as an effective framework for the training and supervision of school counselor interns. Despite this recommendation, school counselor supervision models which incorporate the ASCA model have until recently been rare…

All teacher education programs require teacher candidates to have in-school practicum experiences. Placing student teachers in schools is not always easy, however, and it is getting harder. According to the field experience office at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, it is getting more difficult to find schools where the teacher candidates can…

This article covers the characteristics that are supposed to be present in the practicum of school-based counseling in Turkey. In the light of the related literature, 11 characteristics are determined. These are the place of practicum, the importance of official permission for the school, the characteristics of practicum schools and its school…

Methods for evaluation by peers in student teacher and student clinician education. (CH)

Described is the contract for the CASE (Career Associate in Special Education) program designed to structure and formalize the relation between practicum objectives and student behaviors. The contract has resulted in the elimination of several undesirable or unprofessional work-related behaviors and poor work habits. (JMF)

The dual supervision model is an approach that simultaneously meets training needs of future counselors and counselor educators. The rationale for the dual supervision model, results of an exploratory study, and counseling-practicum supervisors' reactions to the model are described. (Author)

The goal of this study was to identify relationships among the counseling behaviors of practicum trainees and the supervision behaviors of their supervisors during a one-semester counseling practicum. Trained judges rated several variables from audiotapes. Empathy levels of the supervisors had no apparent effect on the trainees. (Author)

Discusses the goals and the problems of psychology practica, offers strategies for avoiding pitfalls, and analyzes the costs and benefits. Emphasizes the necessity of careful supervision and planning. (CK)

This study investigates how peer assessment contributes to enhancing student teachers' preparation during field experience. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 72 student teachers. The findings showed that the student teachers have positive beliefs about peer assessment. They think that it can be beneficial if some changes are made in…

The focus of this paper is to present the major qualitative findings from a one year, mixed methods study that explores a cohort of preservice teachers' process of learning to teach with information and communication technology (ICT) across their teacher preparation program in Singapore. This study suggests a variation in the preservice teachers'…