In order to retain their viability, colleges of education must develop an organizational pattern that supports faculty specialization, programs of differing organizational needs, and control of laboratory resources. (MB)

As part of a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) grant, the authors are working on the design, development, and evaluation of an online support environment for novice teachers and teacher support specialists/mentors that will continue to expand technology integration support throughout the critical student teaching and teacher…

As the world increasingly becomes a global society, education is viewed as an important avenue for national development. New teacher preparation and inservice teacher professional development is key to educational improvement. This Digest examines teacher education goals, candidate selection, content of teacher education programs, and student…

This paper describes a preservice elementary education program that incorporated more time spent at school sites. The program consisted of three consecutive semesters of courses combined with fieldwork. The first semester included a methods course, a reading class, and a children's literature class. Additional time was spent in the field observing…

Presents portions of a journal kept while student teaching in English in a high school. (TO)

A teacher looks back at his experiences as a student teacher learning to cope with the open classroom. (RK)

Describes grade 7 and 8 pupil evaluation of 1970 and 1971 junior microteachers in terms of their personality, relationships to pubils, teaching procedures, and classroom control. Indicates that pupils' critiques found acceptance with student teachers and college supervisors. (CC)

Describes the intern teaching program at the University of South Florida. (SP)

This article shows why .JSPATE may be especially important to the elementary school guidance movement and suggests ways that members of this organiaJzation can be helpful in implementing guidance concepts at the elementary school level. (Author)

Review the COFFE (Commission of the Future of the Faculty of Education of the Unviersity of British Columbia) Report, in relation to the problems of teacher education throughout Canada. (MM)

Areas of stress that might interfere with student teachers' performance are identified, and strategies for ameliorating stress are recommended. Teacher training institutions should take steps to alleviate areas of stress prior to the student teaching experience. (PP)

A 38-item questionnaire measured the effect of student teaching on students' attitudes toward professional practice, self-appraised levels of anxiety and competence, and imagined feelings as teachers. Responses suggested that field experience instills confidence but also encourages student teachers to value more restrictive and custodial teaching…

A student teacher describes his experiment to foster experiential learning in a secondary sociology class by allowing the students to determine their own classroom society and teaching and evaluation methods. He also describes the unfavorable reaction of his cooperating teacher. (NEC)