Offered are solid and numerous suggestions for restructuring the student teaching experience--the roles of the student teacher, the college supervisor, the classroom teacher--in order for the new teacher to enter the field with confidence, knowledge, and skill. (KC)

Describes two programs in which a counselor eudcation faculty has contributed to the improvement of teacher education. Both programs--one facilitating the career development of prospective teachers, and the other teaching human relations skills to prospective teachers--have been integrated into the teacher education curriculum. (Author)

The effects of student teaching and the pretesting of attitudes on student teachers' attitudes were studied. Results suggested that pretesting of attitudes was detrimental to attitude improvement. Appropriate designs for assessing changes in attitudes were discussed. (Author/MH)

Videotaping, lesson plans, lesson evaluations, structured interviews of students and their supervisors, and pupil and student questionnaires were used to evaluate a three-year student teaching course. (Available in microfiche from: Carfax Publishing Company, Haddon House, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxford 0X9 8JZ, England.) (CP)

Competency-based teacher education to make student teaching a more effective experience is the focus of the research cited here. The article lists some basic competencies generated by professionals and future professionals concerned with creating a more effective teacher education enterprise. (Author)

Sweden's preservice teacher education programs for preschool, elementary, and secondary educators all require practical teaching experience. University preservice programs differ due to decentralization of regulation as of 1993. At Uppsala University 50 "practice areas" work with the university teacher education program. Each practice…

Mentor teachers (cooperating teachers) in a secondary English program were required to keep a journal. The analysis is organized under five headings: personal reflections; mentoring concerns and strategies; organization and structure; teaching routines and school demands; and suggestions and criticisms. (SM)

Describes the use of problem-posing, an approach to teaching developed by Paulo Freire in the context of adult literacy programs, in an teaching English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) methods course and in ESL student teaching. The five steps of the problem-posing process are outlined and described. (14 references) (CK)

One of four articles in the fourth section, "Aspects of Evaluation of PDS," this article by the coordinator of the Clinical Schools Clearinghouse looks at how the scope and scale of PDS information has changed since 1991 and what inquiries from the public and trends in the literature suggest about emerging issues. (SM)

Surveyed student teachers, cooperating teachers, and university supervisors regarding characteristics of good student teaching experiences and participant roles. Respondents believed good student teaching experiences were dynamic. Cooperating teachers and supervisors rarely utilized general knowledge of best practices. Cooperating teachers were…

Examined the vision of student teaching in the Bank Street College for Reading and Literacy Program and the advisor's role in this process. Data from surveys of program alumnae, student feedback forms, student-advisor conferences, and weekly conference groups indicated that advisor roles included prospector, dramaturge, coach, and negotiator.…

Describes an urban school-university partnership that explored how teams of teacher educators and inservice and preservice teachers developed curriculum supporting their own and their students' work-based learning experiences, presenting: study methodology, scholarship that previously addressed school- university work in urban partnerships,…

Contrasted are two review lessons of two secondary mathematics student teachers with those of their high school cooperating teachers. Differences between the review lessons were analyzed by interpreting teaching as a complex cognitive skill and as improvisational performance. Expert-novice distinctions are discussed. (KR)

Explains how learning the benefits of doing classroom research during student teaching can give aspiring practitioners an opportunity to appreciate the benefits of classroom investigation and gain knowledge of research methods. Proposes that such investigations be undertaken as a collaborative venture between a student teacher and a cooperating…

Results are reported from a study which assessed the attitudes of 84 preservice secondary student teachers toward middle level teaching. Findings indicate that a significant number of these student teachers felt middle level teaching was less intellectually challenging but more difficult because of student behavior and discipline problems. (IAH)