Suggests requirements for a doctoral program in English education. (SW)

The paper analyzes problems and offers recommendations for personnel preparation in learning disabilities. Among problems cited are the organizational complexity and rigidity of institutions and lack of interdisciplinary training. Recommendations for preservice education focus on admission criteria, faculty evaluation, accountability, practica,…

Presents a model for training group counselors in a master's level program which incorporates recommendations in the current literature on group counselor education. (Author)

Reports data from study of AAMFT approved supervisors. Identifies relationships between these data and supervisory attitudes and procedures, and presents a demographic profile of supervisors with analysis of supervisory models and resources, professional activities, and the issue of adjunctive personal psychotherapy for students in clinical…

A model is proposed for matching social work students with practicum settings, to be used to facilitate the practicum's administrative work. Major factors in the placement process are standardized, and the results of a pilot test using the model are reviewed. (MSE)

Proposed standards for National Recreation and Park Association accreditation require bachelor's degree candidates to complete a supervised fieldwork program as well as a practicum of no less than 300 hours. (LH)

Examined extent of anxiety experienced by beginning practicum students in their initial client interviews. Results indicated subjects were more anxious on physiological and self-report measures of anxiety during the interview than during reading. Conclusions were that the counseling interview is anxiety-evoking. Anxiety is accounted for by…

A practical clinical examination model for use by state board examiners in optometry is described including purpose, format, examination design, procedures, evaluation examples and administration. (JMF)

Addresses the delivery of supervision skills by presenting a model for identification and training of those skills, the roles in which skills are demonstrated, and types of choices or discriminations necessary to make in tutoring trainees through the counseling practicum. (Author)

Supervision theory and practice has been well researched in counselor education and counseling psychology, but not as fully in student affairs. This article describes ways the developmental psychological supervision literature can be applied to student affairs settings. (Contains 24 references and 1 table.) (Author)

A cooperative education program involved student practica in Quebec pulp and paper mills. Using the concept of community of practice and a typology of work experience, data from 175 students indicated that schools and workplaces placed traditional roles regarding theory and practice. Organizational cultures remained separate and opportunities for…

Describes graduate practicum in multicultural counseling that focuses on the counselor-in-training's family of origin as a strategy to increase sensitivity for counseling multicultural clients. Presents assumptions underlying this training and detailed description of the training. Provides discussion of outcomes of training and recommendation for…

Responses to a 1986 questionnaire by 91 departments of clinical psychiatry in U.S. medical schools revealed that a substantial proportion (29.3 percent) were not fully compliant with established guidelines requiring informed consent from patients before allowing students to participate in their psychiatric assessment and care. (Author/DB)

Discusses the value of the practicum in learning reference interview techniques. Methods for offering such field experience and programs in several library schools are described, with emphasis on the practicum experience at the University of Alberta. A possible reference practicum program is outlined. (16 references) (Author/MES)

The Institute of Educational Administration (IEA) at Geelong, Victoria, Australia, is briefly described. Participants in IEA programs undertake a five-stage process: courses in educational administration; a four-week residential program; a fermentation exercise; advanced residential program; and an innovative project in their respective schools.…