Describes a teacher training experiment in which a school of education and an urban comprehensive school cooperated to create a teaching environment that produced a relaxed atmosphere for student teachers. (RK)

A laboratory teaching experience (L.T.E.) was designed to focus on three teaching behaviors. It was recognized that a behavioral approach to teaching simplified its complexity by isolating specific teaching behaviors. Discusses the development and evaluation of the laboratory teaching experience. (Author/RK)

Reports that allowing senior physics students at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, to substitute an experiment in teaching physics to an eighth grade class for one three-week laboratory experiment provided stimulating experience for students, pupils, and teachers, and changed some student career goals. (SL)

Presents the results of an ethnographic study of the activities, concepts, and attitudes of the academic community responsible for teacher education. The study attempted to determine the extent to which teacher education was oriented toward the academic community as opposed to the teaching profession. (JDH)

This paper argues for a reconceptualization of student teacher supervision that unifies psychological theory and practical teaching. Courses of teacher and supervisor training that integrate principles from psychology of human learning are described. (Author/MT)

Uses scenarios of student teachers' critical thinking lessons which failed to achieve their goal as a springboard for presenting a model of "critical teaching." Identifies institutional and professional obstacles to critical teaching and concludes that it requires instructional planning which encourages student examination of the social, moral,…

Investigates several potential sources of stress (job environment, uncertainty/conflict, job pressure and responsibility, and rapport with management) at the beginning of the student teaching experience and subsequent changes in stress following completion of student teaching. Suggests strategies to avoid teacher stress. (MM)

Proposes a model for teacher education in which the student teacher learns by reflecting on carefully designed school experiences. Roles for teacher mentors and university instructors are shown as complementary and ancillary to the basic processes by which the student learns craft skills that are articulated, informed, and open to change.…

Student teaching is the most influential experience of the teacher education process. The cooperating teacher holds a central position in the education of teachers. This article explores criteria for selecting and evaluating the cooperating teacher. (DF)

Student teaching is considered the most important experience of a teacher preparation program. The supervisor of student teachers must possess excellent observation skills and be able to change behaviors. Suggestions for supervisors of physical education student teachers are offered. (DF)

Explores and examines the theoretical roots of supervisory practice with regard to field experiences in teacher education. Contends that most approaches to supervision are rooted in paradigms reflecting the perspectives of positivism, phenomenology, and critical theory. (MLF)

A survey was conducted at teacher education institutions in Colorado and Wyoming to determine the degree of role conflict and to distinguish between the perceived and the functioning roles of the generalist and the specialist in the supervision of student teachers. (SK)

A program offering a FLES field experience course for undergraduate language majors is described. Preparation of the student teachers, lesson planning, materials and instructional techniques are discussed. Students' reactions and evaluations are presented, along with suggestions for implementing a similar program. (CHK)

States vary in the degree to which they require prospective teachers to complete coursework, accumulate student teaching experience, and perform on written examinations before they are granted entry into the classroom. In recent years, the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) has devised a primarily examination-based…