This paper discusses the development and implementation of a project designed to provide faculty at Western Carolina University (North Carolina) with field experience in public schools. According to the paper, the project focused on team-teaching a high school sophomore so that the professors could learn from the student about the real world of…

This 9-month intrinsic case study followed 2 preservice teachers as they learned to teach literacy in 2 consecutive, field-based methods courses. Analysis of data from surveys, dialogue journals, observations, conversations, e-mail notes, and telephone conversations showed a recursive yet distinct hierarchical progression in the preservice…

The author tells how she approached community agencies to procure existing counseling services and to implement new ones. She also opened channels of communication between various groups (among residents, between housing management and residents, etc.). Retarded high school students became involved in meeting needs of the elderly and an adoptive…

This paper outlines a training program in behavior modification consultation. Undergraduates with little or no background in psychology were trained in behavioral interviewing and operant behavior modification program design. Discussion includes the issues of screening, training procedures, and the effects achieved in actual consultation by the…

A practical approach to the improvement of medical information systems in small hospitals is described. This plan combines the training of library managers through a preceptorship experience with the loan of a demonstration collection of basic books and indexes to the journal literature and a vigorous on-site consultation program. (5 references)…

Describes a five-day, five-station oceanographic cruise off the coast of southern California designed to provide practical field experience for college students enrolled in marine science courses. (JR)

Description of a project developed by the Program for Action by Citizens for Education (PACE) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. (SP)

A summer field school in the lower Illinois River Valley is designed to provide students with clinical training in archaeological excavation and analytical methods. The multi-disciplinary training is unique in the United States. (Author/JB)

A look at the responsibilities that a college takes on in offering sandwich courses, i.e., courses (primarily technical) which alternate academic study with field experience. A primary problem is finding suitable industrial training situations. Greater involvement of small firms and specialized industries is one answer. (Author/JB)

The author feels the student should be asked to creatively solve realistic problems beginning in the freshman and sophomore years. The professor becomes a coach" to help the student develop his abilities rather than teach" skills that someone else has developed. (TS)

The estuarine research aide curriculum at Charles County Community College (Maryland) emphasizes the practical development of skills through field work. (NF)

Describes program involving New York State University College at Brockport and Rochester public schools. (RT)