This article describes the philosophy and programmatic elements that make the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) program a successful model of collaborative urban teacher education. It also provides a brief overview of a follow-up study of CUTE student teachers (N=103) from a collaborating university. (IAH)

The article describes the Social Studies Professional Semester at the State University of New York at Albany as a capstone experience for prospective secondary social studies teachers. Promoting development of critical rather than technical rationality in beginning teachers, it encourages a realistic perspective on the context and processes of…

A clinical model of student teacher supervision is discussed in this article. The role of the college supervisor shifts from a visiting observer-evaluator to a consultant-colleague for the cooperating teacher. The clinical model's strength lies in the dyadic relationship between the supportive, mentoring, cooperating teacher and the student…

Classroom action research provides preservice and inservice teachers with a valuable form of teacher-centered professional development. Results of a case study are related; action research was applied to the question of student cooperation in an elementary classroom. The research format includes four stages: plan, act, observe, reflect. (IAH)

This article discusses Texas Senate Bill 994, the political climate that spawned it, efforts by teacher education institutions to comply with the legislation, implications for teacher supply and the professionalism of teaching, and steps which can be taken by teacher educators in other states to avoid the Texas experience. (IAH)

Investigated was the intellectual behavior of 66 student teachers of science. Suggests that the degree of integration of teaching practice with theoretical studies may be a more important factor than length of teaching practice. (YP)

Examines the conflict between teacher educators' theory and cooperating teachers' practice in the classroom. Notes that student teachers observe that theory is without application, and that traditional instructional practices are perpetuated without thinking. Concludes that student teachers need to see a closer connection between theory and…

Seven graduates of Hawaii's PETOM (Preservice Education for Teaching of Minorities) program, all of whom currently teach in or work for schools, reflect on how the PETOM experience affected their teaching. All seven report that PETOM was important because it created a strong philosophy of teaching and learning. (SM)

Describes preservice teacher training in South Africa, highlighting distance teaching (including a guided self-study workbook) that leads to a one-year postgraduate higher education diploma designed to meet the teacher shortage. The paper discusses the extent to which students can be guided to bridge the gap between theory and practice in field…

This study focused on four novice teachers' failures. Though only one actually failed student teaching, each considered herself a failure, and all four chose alternate careers. The paper examines difficulties they encountered and identifies alternative patterns of supervision that might have allowed them to do more than survive their initial…

Presents a method for observation and analysis of videotapes called deep viewing through the use of communal talk, pictures, and writing. The paper explains its applications to teacher education and details activities that link it to a greater understanding of teaching. (SM)

Offers strategies to help cooperating and supervising teachers give preservice physical education teachers the fullest student teaching experiences. Essentials include videotaping, lesson and unit plans, management journals, reviews of current trends, mock interviews, different teaching styles, and cocurricular experiences. A checklist of…

This study compared traditional university supervision of 15 preservice students and peer coaching procedures used with 14 students (all in their first field-based special education practica). Results suggested both approaches were equally effective for increasing desired teacher behaviors and decreasing undesired teacher behaviors. Both students…

Results from an ethnographic study of 19 secondary school science and social studies student teachers suggest that application of the concepts of initiation and rites of passage has the potential to improve teacher education. Student teaching, as traditionally organized, has not served a transformational function in participant lives. (SLD)

Twenty-three second-year education students at Charles Sturt University (New South Wales) participated in a three-week practicum program at remote rural schools. Participants offered generally positive comments about the value of the teaching and living experience and willingness to teach in such schools in the future. (SV)