Commencing in 1970, the Teacher Education Department of Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont embarked on a restructuring of its entire teacher education program. The need for this revision stemmed from severe concern on the part of faculty members, public school officials, and students that the traditional way of training teachers was not doing…

This document describes the Central Minnesota Teacher Education Council (CMTEC), a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation whose purpose is to promote the improvement of teacher education with emphasis upon student teaching internships, and research. Membership of the Council is made up of representatives from each of the public school districts that…

One hundred and five teacher trainees participated in different types of student teaching. The Teacher Perception Q Sort was used to evaluate changes in perception. Five factors were measured: a) self revealing/self concealing, b) learner/teacher centeredness, c) broad/narrow view of teaching, d) process/facts oriented, e) freeing/controlling…

The Student Teaching Abroad (STA) program at Moorhead College is a coordinated effort to place qualified teacher education candidates in private international schools abroad. An assumption of STA is that international understanding will be increased through an exposure to other cultures; therefore student teachers are encouraged to live with local…

A study conducted to determine the effect of students who were assigned to student teach as a member of a two or three-man team used a sample of 48 social studies majors preparing for secondary school certification randomly selected from all such potential student teachers in the Individualized Secondary Teacher Education Program (I-STEP) at…

This investigation was designed to determine the effects of a perceptual modeling concept on the verbal behaviors of student teachers in their student teaching experience. The major objectives were 1) to determine the effects on verbal behavior of a videotape versus a verbal presentation of an interaction analysis system, and 2) to identify those…

This study was conducted primarily to provide feedback to the professional staff about the student strike of May 1970 and its implications for the student teaching program. It examined the following questions: 1) What general factors were considered important in making a career decision brought about by social unrest? 2) What was the rationale on…

During the 1968-69 school year the Dade County, Florida, Public Schools conducted an experiment in which student teachers were placed in concentrated numbers among selected schools. The program involved 15 elementary and secondary schools as experimental student-teaching centers into which 212 student teachers were placed from the University of…

Each of five papers describe a model for teacher education. "Levels of Involvement: A Descriptive Theory Model," identifies and examines seven levels: 1) classroom settings; 2) extended classroom settings; 3) contrived settings; 4) real settings, strictly controlled; 5) real settings, partially controlled; 6) real settings, loosely controlled; and…

The College of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the Milwaukee Public Schools collaborated on a series of 2 1/2-day resident camp outdoor education programs. Three to five university students were assigned to a camp period and received pre-camp orientation by the program directors. The students taught, counseled, and…

Operation CITE (Cooperative Investment in Teacher Education) provided student teachers with a closer and more informal type of supervision, while at the same time furnishing their critic teachers with consultant services to deal with their unique instructional and curricular problems. A classroom teacher was designated by the school administration…

The University of Wyoming elementary teacher education program, Professional Semester I, is designed to relate college theory to classroom practice. Two college instructors and three university school teachers work with students in 4-hour blocks 4 days a week. The students study basic teaching methods relating to the four educative…

This study examined the relationship between attitudes of student teachers and ratings of student teachers according to characteristics deemed most desirable of teachers. The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI), which purportedly predicts how well a teacher will get along in interpersonal relationship, was chosen as the instrument to…

The Elementary Teacher Education Project in Compensatory Education was instituted in 1967-68 at San Fernando Valley State College for the purpose of preparing teachers to work effectively with the disadvantaged at the elementary school level. Main features of the program included student teaching and intern teaching in disadvantaged urban areas;…

The University of Tennessee--Clinch-Powell student teaching project was a cooperative effort between the College of Education at the university and the Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative. The project was designed to accomplish three goals: a) meeting the needs of university students who desired to learn about the unique characteristics of rural…