Discusses a thematic analysis of retrospective phenomenological interviews with four group counseling practicum participants. Suggests the importance of peer feedback supports experimenting with different approaches to the group process. Recommends future research on the impact of group counseling practicum supervision be structured to allow…

Uses data from interviews with counselors to examine ineffective supervision practices. The data yielded six negative principles that permeated three general spheres of lousy supervision: (1) unbalanced, (2) intolerant of differences, (3) untrained/immature, (4) developmentally inappropriate, (5) poor model, and (6) professionally apathetic. By…

Presents the results of a qualitative study of the experiences of rural school counselors. Asserts that rural school counselors encounter unique circumstances warranting consideration in counselor education programs. Suggests the development of practicums and internships in rural settings, exposure to relevant literature pertaining to rural…

Discusses a practicum experience that exemplifies one method that faculty can use to enhance their subject matter expertise. Describes the Vocational Instructional Practicum Program in Illinois. (Author)

The main aim of the study was to evaluate trainee teachers working commitment in their teaching practicum. There were seven component teaching practices and eleven demographic factors. The instrument of the study was extracted from various sources to suit the research design based on Units, Treatments, Observing, and Surveying (UTOS) model…

This paper analyses data from two sources of stakeholder feedback--first year pre-service teachers and supervising teachers/centre directors--about the issues involved in creating more collaborative approaches to the first year early childhood teacher education practicum at an Australian regional university. The collection of this feedback was…

Alternative programs in special education are often developed in response to chronic personnel shortages. At issue, however, is the quality of alternative programs and their graduates. This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a large special education alternative certification program that adheres to both professional…

Contemporary teacher education, like other aspects of tertiary education, involves regimes for assessing quality of teaching. These regimes include student assessment of and feedback on teaching. These are widely considered problematic, and yet there are few signs that teacher educators reject the notion that student responses have something of…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the ways in which four elementary preservice teachers came to understand culturally responsive teaching and began authoring their professional teacher identities. It examined the influence of course work and internship at a culturally and linguistically diverse school on their understandings and…

This paper discusses the public relations role of education Professors in regard to school-university cooperation and collaboration. It provides suggestions that have been found to be effective in fostering and maintaining school-university collaboration and in creating a climate of mutual respect among students, mentor teachers, and college…

This paper discusses the practicum component of teacher education, particularly as it is implemented at the School of Early Childhood Studies (SECS) of the University of Melbourne (Victoria), Australia. The purpose of the practicum is to socialize students into their profession and give them the opportunity to acquire relevant skills. The three…

This two-part report is an outgrowth of a 1964 conference of 27 high school and university faculty members involved in the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNYAB) teacher education program, which is part of Inter-University Project I. Part 1 is a preconference position paper by Charles R. Fall, School of Education, SUNYAB, related to the…

Mental health professionals were interviewed to determine their priorities concerning curriculum logistics and the kind of student-volunteer-paraprofessionals they considered ideal. Results can be used by college instructors who wish to place students in clinical practicum programs. (CS)

The key element in a clerkship in family practice at Community Hospital, Santa Rosa, California, is the student's General Medical Clinic. Under the supervision of a family physician teacher, senior medical students work as a team with family nurse practitioners caring for patients. (Author/JMD)

A primary care preceptorship was successfully incorporated into the University of Michigan medical school's third-year curriculum. Key components included agreement across primary care specialties on goals and objectives, involvement of community practitioners, frequent communication with preceptors, active feedback to preceptors, and thorough…