A program was initiated at Indiana State University (ISU), Terre Haute, to enable students to complete their student teaching during the summer. Twenty-four students participated in the program which provided four hours of activity daily, two to four hours of which were spent in teaching. Principles of using video tape for studying lesson…

The role of the cooperating teacher is one of the most crucial factors in determining the success or failure of the student teaching experience. There are seven major factors to be considered in the development of an effective cooperating teacher-student professional relationship. First, the student teacher must be given a sincere sense of…

Three special field-based student teaching projects at Indiana University which include on-site course work are briefly described. Data are presented that indicate that education majors at the university: (a) enroll in demanding, multiculturally oriented student teaching programs; (b) request and accept out-of-state placements in ethnic minority…

This manual is designed to assist teacher preparation institutions in developing program plans that enhance the quality of teachers. Part 1, "Timeline of Events in Program Development, Documentation and Evaluation," indicates, in chart form, a sequence of events, persons responsible for these events, and the suggested required information from…

In 1970 Southwest Minnesota State College was new and was developing a model teacher education program. In an attempt to respond to the question, "What does a teacher need to be able to do? the education division staff found that teacher education must be competency based, field centered, individualized, and systematically designed. In organizing…

This study investigated the influence of the feedback a teacher expects to receive after teaching on his preference for expository or discovery teaching styles. The subjects were 88 undergraduate educational psychology students at the University of Texas at Austin. Each completed a three-part questionnaire, the Teaching Style Inventory (TSI),…

This filmstrip-audiotape package on student teacher supervision has two versions--a teacher version and a student version. The same filmstrip is used for each version with a different narration. The package also includes a written script for each version. The teacher version of the narration points out the need for flexibility in supervising…

The most important feature of this 2-year elementary teacher education program, begun in 1966, is the earlier and more direct exposure it offers to inner-city education. To take place before student teaching, it provides for 2 days per week to be spent at one of 12 local cooperating elementary schools, studying teaching methods in specific…

The impact of feedback and the effect of practice with either children or with peers on student teacher's attainment of specific teaching competencies were examined. The specific competencies were identified as maintaining teacher-pupil interaction, developing teacher-pupil repport, pacing the lesson, clarity of presentation, and the use of…

This descriptive analysis of Michigan State's Student Teacher Education Project (STEP) focuses on the problems encountered in its acceptance and first five years of operation. Basic data for the analysis was obtained from systematic evaluation interviews with students, their instructors and supervisors, and members of the project staff. Chapter 1…

The Kanawha County (West Virginia) Student Teaching Center, a cooperative program (of six institutes of higher education, the Kanawha County School System, and the West Virginia State Department of Education) for coordinating student teaching and inservice teacher education programs in Kanawha County elementary and secondary schools, is described…

An experiment was planned to establish pairs, one Negro and one Caucasian, of student teachers who would work together as a team as they did part of their student teaching in a Negro school under a Negro cooperating teacher, and part in a predominantly white school under a Caucasian cooperating teacher. The purpose was to determine whether or not…

This collection of readings examines teacher education by looking at present trends, issues, and innovations with a special emphasis on field experiences. The book, which is directed mainly toward students of teacher education, is divided into four sections that discuss a) the nature of teacher education from a broad theoretical base, b) the…

This study was conducted to determine the impact of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) student teachers on the instructional program of the Whitmer Complex, which is the field component of the BGSU Teacher Learning Center. Although the study population included 10 cooperating teachers and 37 student teachers, the emphasis of the study was on…

The Experimental Student Teaching/Differentiated Staffing Program involved hiring selected elementary education students in their senior year as half-day teacher aides for the full public school year. Within this program, teaching methods courses were conducted at the site by university personnel on selected afternoons during the fall semester;…