Central Washington State College has established a project concerned with the education of migrant and Indian children, with special emphasis on teacher education. The project Center is located on reservation land owned by the Yakima Indian Nation, and students participating in the program will live in the area for 32 weeks of course study and…

To determine the effect of student teaching programs upon cooperating public schools, a questionnaire survey was conducted of all student teachers in Michigan (fall 1969) and all their supervising teachers and building principals. Responses to the three separate 80-item instruments were received from 4,397 supervisors, 4,483 student teachers, and…

This study involved the development and testing of a scale to assess the attitude of a student towards his student teaching experience. A four-state survey of teacher training institutions showed that no standardized instrument existed, although college coordinators were willing to use one. Items for the scale were generated by using a model…

This report is a summary of ideas and concerns expressed by participants in a November, 1969, conference on the rights and responsibilities of the classroom teacher in the improvement of student teaching programs. Its emphasis is on the need for further clarification of procedures, functions, and lines of responsibility of the various groups…

A foreword and five chapters provide guidelines under the following headings. Organizational Structure for Student Teaching: the interrelationships between state, college and public schools. Procedural Steps: the college's responsibility in selecting candidates, the selection of centers and supervising teachers, the assignment of student teachers…

Statistical analysis of the videotape recorder as a feedback device used to train teacher interns produced four conclusions: that videotape feedback to teacher interns did not produce behavioral changes significantly different from those teacher interns who did not receive feedback; that the addition of inputs such as critique and type scripts did…

This collection of papers is designed to provide information about the "new order in student teaching" (the various field experiences in preservice teacher education programs, e.g., observation, teaching under a supervising teacher, microteaching, internship, externship, simulated teaching, etc.). Contents are (1) "Goals and Objectives of Student…

In the fall of 1971, Wheelock College initiated five teacher education centers in cooperation with local schools in the Boston area. Through this cooperative effort, school staff were permitted to use Wheelock's library and resource center and to attend seminars and mini-workshops. The cooperating teacher received recognition not only as an…

The Distinguished Cooperating Teacher Program at Chicago State University was developed to train cooperating teachers to supervise student teachers. The program departs from traditional practice by changing the roles of the classroom teacher and the university field supervisor. The supervisor's role becomes that of coordinator while the teacher…

The effects on student teaching behavior of a relatively traditional, lecture-based, general secondary methods course are compared to the effects of a laboratory-oriented, competency-based course. The classroom performance of two groups of student teachers (30 of whom completed the competency-based course and 40 of whom completed the lecture-based…

This paper describes the Competency-Based University/School Rural Teacher Education program designed to produce teachers trained for rural situations and to provide experience in the process of university/school district/educational agency cooperative training activities. Data collected during 1972-73 regarding rural living and educational…

The goal of the Total Involvement Professional Semester (TIPS) was to allow elementary education students at Shippensburg State College to become involved in an educational environment in a meaningful way to develop their professional knowledge and skills. The experimental program consisted of five important components: a) three weeks of…

This research study was conducted to determine if teacher interns' perceptions of professional support are related to the quality of interpersonal experience or to extraneous variables such as class size, grade level, sex of intern, and school setting (urban or suburban). Intern perception of professional support received from school…

This study deals with a teacher preparation program that consisted of five weeks of methods taken immediately before the interns' student teaching experience. Methods students learned current inquiry techniques including case study, simulation/role play, values clarification, and laboratory lessons. Using instruments for classroom interaction…

This study deals with the identification of situational components and supervisory practices that lead to the development or reinforcement of a strong, positive self-concept on the part of the student teacher. Included is a brief literature review of research studies concerned with identifying various situational components involved in student…