Secondary summer schools for student remediation and enrichment linked with university teacher education programs provide opportunities for rethinking and restructuring student teaching and staff development programs. Based on the experiences of two model programs, this paper centers on the collaborative planning and initiation of intensive…

This directory of promising practices in international teacher education represents an inventory of 95 programs, courses, or projects that provide an international dimension in the undergraduate teacher preparation programs of member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Organized alphabetically by program…

This manual presents guidelines for individuals involved in the student teacher practicum-- student teachers, master teachers, administrators, and college supervisors. The objectives of the student teaching program at Whitworth College (Washington) are stated, and the qualifications, roles, and responsibilities of student teachers are described.…

Remote supervision may be a partial solution for upgrading the supervision of vocational technical teachers. Remote audio with video feedback, field recording, and audio-phone and video-phone supervision are four of the seven methods described and evaluated in the article. (Author/AJ)

The ratings given by supervising teachers to student teachers over a two-year period were studied with the aim of determining a consensus on evaluating the student teaching experience. The following nine performance variables were selected as important to successful teaching: (1) enthusiasm; (2) English usage; (3) poise; (4) classroom control; (5)…

This pacing guide is a detailed outline that provides trainees with a building-block approach to the aquisition of teaching skills. In addition, it provides clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the intern, the cooperating teacher, and the supervisor, and coordinates the classroom experience for the third semester of a four-semester…

FOURTEEN FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENT TEACHERS WERE TAUGHT THE FLANDERS SYSTEM OF INTERACTION ANALYSIS, ADDING A BEHAVIORAL-SCIENCE DIMENSION TO THEIR CUSTOMARY STUDY OF NEW METHODS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. PRE- AND POST-TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED AFTER 8 WEEKS, COVERING (1) PUPIL ATTITUDES TOWARD THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER, AND…

THIS ANECDOTAL REPORT PRESENTS SOME EXPERIENCES OF THE STUDENT TEACHERS WHO TOOK PART IN A PROJECT DEVISED TO FIND WAYS TO PREPARE STUDENT TEACHERS TO BE READY TO LEARN TO TEACH AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR STUDENT TEACHER PERIOD INSTEAD OF AT THE END. "THE PERSONALITY, TEACHER EDUCATION, AND TEACHER BEHAVIOR RESEARCH PROJECT" COMBINED A…

Four ethical problems resulting from a fieldwork study of elementary education student teachers are explored. The problems include: acquiring permission to execute the study; how far to dig into personal lives to extract necessary information; the pitfalls of doing collaborative research; and how much information can be revealed without…

DISCUSSED ARE THE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR PHILADELPHIA'S INNER-CITY SCHOOLS AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM THE VARIOUS TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS WHICH USE THE SCHOOLS AS A LABORATORY. METHODS COURSES AND STUDENT TEACHING TAKE PLACE IN GHETTO SCHOOLS AT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS. ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF…

Analyzed was the use of the Flanders technique of interaction analysis as a supervisory device with science interns. Fourteen candidates for the Master of Arts in Teaching degree were involved in the study. Seven spring-term interns were in the control group, and five fall-term and two spring-term interns comprised the experimental group. Each…

In three years, the Delinquency Study and Youth Development Project of Southern Illinois University has provided for five students to do their student teaching incorrectional settings. From this experience, it has been found that student teachers bring new educational ideas into the institution; student teachers function well when viewed as…