The author describes a new student teaching evaluation instrument designed to (1) reinforce instructional and supervisory models learned during preservice education and (2) to provide a bridge between university methods instruction and student teaching. (MJB)

The author describes a social studies methods course offered the semester prior to the practicum and the student teacher program at Brockport State College, New York. (Author/RM)

This study evaluated student teachers' perceptions of their cooperating teachers. (RC)

This article examines selected approaches to student teacher supervision within the context of contingency theory. These include authentic supervision, developmental supervision, and supervision based on the student's level of maturity. (MT)

Discusses the role of the college supervisor in the student teacher segment of teacher education programs and stresses the need for and importance of the position and the necessity to make it more professional. (MB)

Article concentrated on those aspects of the teacher education program that can be expanded thereby utilizing resources that will assist us in producing teachers better able to meet individual learner needs. (Author/RK)

This article notes that student teachers often find themselves just sitting'' because they have received no training or instruction in the art of observation, the main value of which is learning to be analytically as well as actively involved in teaching. (JA)

Presented the results of a two day task force on teacher education. (RK)

The work of this study resulted from two factors: a) the problems of giving feedback to the student teacher while he was on teaching practice or in microteaching; b) the relatively unstructured nature of this feedback when it was given. (Author/JA)

Student teachers are a large responsibility for the host school's cooperating teachers. To avoid problems that might lead to student teaching negotiations, administrators might consider the points made in this article. (Editor)

Voluntary participation of Lehman College physical education majors in working with elementary school youngsters was utilized to develop individualized instruction. (JA)

At this high school, the teaching faculty was increased by one third by using student teachers from nearby Pennsylvania State. The student teaching program, when evaluated against a single criterion -- the performance of students -- appears successful. It would seem that this innovation, adapted from a time-honored approach for the training of…

A description of the Field Experience Program at Emerson College is discussed. (MM)