Describes a program in operation since 1972 which enables university students from Newfoundland to do student teaching in England. Reports results of a survey that asked the program's first participants to evaluate, in retrospect, the strengths and weaknesses of that cross-cultural teaching experience. (JHZ)

A teacher's academic preparation is crucial to classroom performance. Answers nine frequently asked questions about teacher education so that board members may be better able to act responsibly in making personnel recommendations. (MD)

Placement of field experience students (FES) in rural schools develops human relations skills and positive attitudes. FES may assist rural educators by doing paper work, providing individual tutoring, and working with small groups and on individualized projects. However, success of these placements depends on the active involvement of university…

Attitudes of student teachers and cooperating teachers were measured during a one-year postgraduate program for secondary school teachers at an Australian university. Student teachers' attitudes tended to be stable over time, although their views moved closer to those of cooperating teachers during practice teaching. (Author/PP)

The student teaching segment of the university curriculum frequently receives no review or evaluation--a discussion during the final seminar of students' personal experiences during student teaching would help to correct this situation. (MB)

Six preservice music teachers claimed to learn from student teaching three important classroom management concepts: responding to differences in students' characteristics, behavior, and instructional needs; developing appropriate relationships with students and parents; and establishing themselves in the teacher's role. They did not, however,…

In response to recent stress on incorporating core thinking into subject curriculum, the mediated learning experience (MLE) is being incorporated into the preservice training modules of the Singapore National Institute of Education (NIE). This study examines: (1) factors contributing to the preservice teacher's commitment to using MLE; (2)…

The narrative inquiry from which this paper comes examined the experiences of five student teachers as they negotiated the transition from student to teacher. The researcher was interested in looking at the ways in which student teachers' beliefs about teaching and knowledge of teaching evolved over the course of the student teaching practicum.…

This paper describes the University of Northern Colorado's Secondary Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP), which involves a partnership with seven local area high schools and places approximately 200 secondary teacher candidates each semester in these schools. The program brings together university faculty members from the Colleges of…

This is a continuation study of the use of the achieving styles framework as an instigator for self-reflection among education students. The purpose of the research was to find whether the personal results of taking an achieving styles inventory could provide a means of promoting self-reflection (in this case, for undergraduate teacher education…

Student teaching handbooks from seven state-supported institutions of higher education that offered special education as a major in preservice teacher education programs were studied to determine the extent to which Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards for student teaching experiences were incorporated into teacher preparation…

By the year 2008, 2.2 million teachers will be needed to fill open teaching positions created by increasing student populations and the rapid rise of retiring teachers. The urgent need for qualified teachers looks to be overtaking the number of available qualified teachers. Despite the efforts of teacher training programs in nationally accredited…

After compiling educational statistics for 1916 the Bureau of Education adopted the plan of collecting statistics biennially instead of annually as in preceding years. It was thought advisable this year to divide the summer schools into two classes; one consisting of summer schools more or less closely identified with standard colleges,…

Describes an activity used in the science methods class at the University of Wisconsin to bring preservice elementary teachers into appropriate contact with children and to give them the opportunity to try out a variety of materials and activities from the newer elementary science curricula. (JR)

Article is concerned with mitigating the problem of alligning teaching theory and practice for student teachers. (RK)