This study investigates the relationship between performance in professional course work and performance in the practicum in a professional year program for prospective elementary teachers. Results indicate little relationship between theoretical course work and student teaching performance. Implications for teacher education depend upon…

Describes (1) characteristics of effective preservice teacher preparation programs, (2) characteristics of teachers who have compiled an effective program, and (3) undesirable qualities of teachers not likely to emerge in graduates of effective programs. (EL)

Examines the initial training of the foreign language teachers in Great Britain and outlines a course for certification in foreign language teaching in the light of changes in the educational service, society at large, and government policy following the establishment in 1984 of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. (Author/SED)

Reports the findings of an investigation into student teacher failure in final teaching practice in training institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Few students who complete a course of training fail. Reasons for this finding are discussed. A reappraisal of the approach to the final assessment of teaching practice is suggested. (CT)

A rationale is presented for Early Field Experience (EFE) to support the traditional student teaching segment of preservice teacher education, arguing that EFE will provide the student with more practical experience, acquired at a more natural pace, on which to base career decisions. (MB)

The use of videotapes to introduce teaching assistants to teaching methods and classroom techniques and as a tool for recording and evaluating TA performance is discussed. (CHK)

This paper describes the development of a Professional Development School (PDS) partnership between a comprehensive state university and an all kindergarten elementary school. The PDS coordinator began the process of collaboration with the school principal in spring 2002. The principal invited the PDS coordinator and a university faculty member to…

This paper presents an overview of a student teaching abroad program. Student teachers at Texas' Baylor University have an option to participate in a three-semester hour elective involving student teaching in schools in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. This experience is an extension of their required student teaching. Experiences are provided for…

This paper explores four students' attempts at teaching science in the real world classroom during their initial student teaching practicum including their struggles and successes. When pre-service teachers enter their initial practicum experience they are confronted with differing teaching philosophies of their own, university professors, and…

This paper describes a study that examined caring as it occurred in both the private and public endeavors of mothers who were studying to become elementary teachers. The study involved interviews with 36 mother-students, informal conversations with 30 respondents, and observations in 30 student teaching classrooms, and 5 observations of university…

This paper explains how undergraduate student teaching programs in Brazil, and relationships between universities and local public schools, depend on the dominant theoretical view of teacher education. This dominant theoretical view is determined by the sociopolitical context and involves power relations. When this theoretical view changes,…

The author responds in detail to a column by the Executive Director of the Alabama Education Association relative to needed improvements in the preparation of teachers and administrators in the state. While agreeing with some of the concerns, the position is taken that the School of Education at UAB is moving in the right direction with…

The Studentersamfundets Fri Undervisning represents the efforts of young people, who donate their services for the advancement of educational opportunity and educational quality. Article describes one of the finest of these youth service programs. (Author/RK)

Article presents accounts and reactions to a program that included the opportunity for students to evaluate their suitability for and desire to enter the teaching profession without having to wait until student teaching. (Author/RK)

The results of this study lend support to emphasizing a university controlled experience for nondegree students in vocational industrial and technical education student teaching. (Author)