A major problem in teacher education is the maintenance of beginning teachers' idealism in the face of practicing professionals' pragmatism. Teacher education programs train students in theories, concepts, and practices only to assign them to public schools, where the antithesis of everything the program attempted to teach is an accepted,…

A study was made to determine the current status of selected administrative areas of student teaching programs in Massachusetts and cooperative student teaching programs throughout the nation, the desirability of establishing cooperative programs in Massachusetts, and the organization and impelementation of these programs. Specific administrative…

This is the final report of two-thirds of a three-year project jointly sponsored by Adelphi University, Central School District Number Four, Plainview, New York, and the New York State Education Department. The project was discontinued after the second year. A major weakness in teacher education is seen to be the traditional gap between…

In an attempt to give college seniors sufficient experience to prepare them for the difficulties of their initial teaching assignments in disadvantaged neighborhoods, the Triplet Project was created by Hunter College of the City University of N.Y. A college supervisor and 12 student teachers are assigned to each of two "triplets" (groups…

This publication examines and documents statutes, court cases, attorney generals' opinions, and selected administrative rules governing student teaching and student teachers, as well as the legal relationship between teacher-education institutions and cooperating school systems involved with student teaching. In particular, the author focuses on…

This document explains some aspects of the law which affect teachers in general and student teachers in particular. Five issues are examined. The first issue concerns state laws which affect student teachers, with Illinois and Indiana laws used as examples. Some of these laws have to do with liability insurance, credentialling, clinical training,…

The Suburban Teacher Education Program (STEP), was a full-semester alternative student teaching experience at Texas Southern University, the purpose of which was for students to gain additional understanding and insight in bridging the sociocultural gap that exists between life in suburbia and the central city. This goal was achieved by providing…

This study reports the results of a national survey concerning the current (1974) status of the certification of preschool teachers by each of the United States. Information was obtained from the certification officers of 47 states and the District of Columbia, each of whom answered a one-page questionnaire designed to ascertain: (1) how many…

Thirty-six students enrolled in an elementary science methods course were randomly selected and given an instrument using Osgood's semantic differential approach the first week of class, the sixth week on campus prior to field experiences, and the thirteenth week following field experiences. The elementary teachers who had observed the university…

This document contained a proposed set of guidelines for admission and selective retention of students in programs of teacher preparation at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. The presentation was divided into three parts: a) a rationale, b) description of the plan, and c) a set of questions and answers. The rationale recommended the establishment of…

Professional preparation of educational administrators is in need of active and productive school district-university cooperation. This paper recommends increased district-university cooperation in (1) recruitment and selection of students for doctoral programs in educational administration; (2) planning, development, and evaluation of preparatory…

This 414-item bibliography contains citations of published and unpublished documents and journal articles processed by the Clearinghouse between July 1968 and June 1970 related to the "means and methods by which pre- and in-service school personnel can secure structured practice in developing skills and insights." Publication dates of the…

Parts one and two of the 44th yearbook of the Association for Student Teaching (AST) contain papers presented at the 1965 annual meeting of AST. Exploring theory as related to professional laboratory experiences, part one includes discussions of applying "inductive-empirical" theory to teacher behavior, using theory as a basis for…

Since the central concerns of existentialism are the same as the central concerns of education in a democratic society, namely the fullest and freest development of the individual, existential thought was examined for the help it could give educators in more fully realizing this aim. Specifically, the central existential concept of authenticity…

This document describes a cooperative program designed to strengthen rapport between the college department of student teaching and its off-campus student teaching centers, to improve the quality and supervision of student teachers within these centers by developing increasingly effective cooperating teachers, and to strengthen the college…