Background: In exploring the complexity of teaching, scholars have suggested that greater attention needs to be paid to the teachers' thoughts and actions and to how these affect quality teaching. Up to today, very few studies have investigated the relationship between teachers' beliefs and practices even though it has an important role to play in…

Fieldwork is central to teaching and learning in geography. The assessment of student learning from fieldwork can, however, be problematic. This paper evaluates the use of reflective diaries for assessing level three undergraduate geography fieldwork. It is concluded that reflective fieldwork diaries offer an innovative and flexible approach to…

Doing business at the base of the pyramid is a topic of increasing interest to business practitioners and academics. Base of the pyramid business offers the promise of great economic gains for companies and the possibility of a powerful new approach to alleviate poverty. At the same time, it may threaten local culture and independence while…

When preservice teacher programs are failing to adequately prepare collegiate students towards becoming thriving teachers, what can be done? After many complaints were voiced from my student body, a survey was constructed, which revealed student satisfaction levels were lowest in the following areas: 1) The variety of opportunities to teach…

This paper describes the evolution of assignments in a course for students preparing to teach secondary science, mathematics, and agriculture science. We describe and analyze work done by preservice students in two different years to look for developing teacher knowledge, explicate how we have come to understand teacher knowledge as it was enacted…

Teacher educators are under increasing pressure to show that preparation programs meaningfully impact instruction among pre-service teachers, who are then influential in student learning. This external pressure is challenging for teacher educators. We present an early field-based course and applied teaching project to examine teaching practices…

Describes a 30-week program at Michigan State University in which undergraduates gain experience and knowledge mainly by communicating with young children through weekly play encounters. Observation and discussion of videotapes, and lecture and discussion classes are also part of the teacher training program. (ED)

An optional field experience for developmental psychology undergraduate students yields positive results in feedback from students and cooperating agencies and on test scores. (JH)

An 18-item questionnaire, responded to by 50 teacher education students, sought information on the impact of early field experiences on teacher candidates and on the early professional growth opportunities provided by these field experiences. Students perceived their involvement in such experiences as beneficial and valuable, although they were…

The purpose of this handbook is to serve as a guide to all participants in Ohio Northern University's Field Experience program--faculty, cooperating teachers, and students. It provides a discussion of the nature of clinical experiences; the assumptions that underlie the program; and procedures for application, placement, and evaluation of…

A combination of affective and cognitive learning, a flexibility to change as society changes - these should be what schooling results in, says a top Red Cross official. She describes some volunteer programs for youth that can help schools extend education beyond the classroom. (Editor)

A rationale for including practicum and laboratory experiences within the teacher education program is discussed. The organization of these experiences within the teacher education program, as well as the responsiblities that various faculty perform, is outlined. Finally, the nature of the planned experiences that represent the core of this…

The Resources Development Internship Program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has 5 major objectives: (1) to provide constructive service projects for students seeking to supplement their classroom learning experiences; (2) to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their exceptional abilities and gain valuable…

Otterbein College, Ohio, is offering a 16-credit-hour comparative education program for prospective teachers, to provide opportunity through direct experience to expand the teacher candidate's concept of education, social values, and inter-cultural relationships. For the 1969-70 academic year 15 junior or senior elementary or secondary teacher…

This document takes issue with the concept of competency-based teacher education as presented in the New York Regents Master Plan for Development of Post-Secondary Education, 1972. It maintains that the competency-based concept completely undermines tenure and teacher rights to due process. Further, the paper takes the position that the teacher…