Pre/posttests measured the attitudes of 60 college students using a senior center as a gerontology lab to the physical, interpersonal, cognitive, and affective characteristics of older adults. Most change in attitudes involved physical attributes. Most were enthusiastic about the lab experience and working professionally with the elderly. (SK)

Describes strategies used at the University of Akron School of Communication that may serve as a guide to corporations and universities that wish to develop or improve an internship program. Notes that the strategies should be adapted as needed. (RS)

Describes practice-oriented approach to research supervision emphasizing application of clinical thinking and practice-oriented methods to inquiry and involving learning by doing. Reports research interests, orientation, and learning response of practicum students. Concludes that research practicum of this nature can engage interest of…

Describes two projects undertaken by School Psychology Program at University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Nebraska Psychology of Schooling Project, cooperative public school/university program targeted at improving practicum sites and experiences; and Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology, program developed to ensure availability of…

Surveyed 50 counseling psychology training directors and 189 counseling psychology doctoral student intern candidates concerning required 1-year professional practice internship. Eighteen directors noted that one or more of their students failed to obtain internship placement. Students and directors had different perceptions about application…

Emphasis courses are a sequence of courses focused on specific types of clinical nursing; they include a seminar and practicum. Nursing students develop in-depth clinical knowledge and skills, and practicum employers can observe and evaluate students as potential employees. (SK)

Goal setting can be an effective way to help beginning counselors focus on important developmental issues. This article argues that counselors and supervisors must consider issues related to goal-setting theory and understand the process by which goals are set so that optimal learning experiences are created. (Author/MKA)

Preservice teachers in a practicum working with children with severe emotional and/or behavioral disorders kept reflective journals. They developed an appreciation for special educators and heightened awareness of students with special needs. (SK)

Describes a course combining theory and clinical experience in which nursing students complete placements in youth summer camps while participating in intensive theory classes. Explains the value of such placements in developing community relationships and exposing students to public health practice. (SK)

The learning opportunities for student-teachers in practicum settings has long been acknowledged and studied in considerable depth. However, the learning opportunities for cooperating teachers, while celebrated and extolled as an important reciprocal benefit, have not been verified to the same degree. Drawing on the concept of reflection, and…

This article explores community (primary) school teacher education in the subject, English, at a Papua New Guinea (PNG) teachers' college as manifested in end-of-year English lessons in practicum rounds of pre-service community school teachers. English is the official language overlaid on 700 indigenous languages in this country where…

Teaching practice is an integral component of teacher training. It grants student teachers experience in the actual teaching and learning environment. We explore the experiences of student teachers in the Vaal University of Technology Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) during their 10 weeks' teaching practice in the Vaal area. In this…

One of the greatest challenges of any K-12 teacher education program is providing pre-service teachers opportunities to work with students who are culturally and linguistically different from themselves. Despite best efforts of selecting texts and facilitating discussions, new teachers recently interviewed report that coursework just did not help…

This handbook is intended to assist students, cooperating practitioners, and university supervisors who are involved in practicums for business education majors in Massachusetts. Policies for Suffolk University's student teaching practicum are outlined. Provided next are instructions and various reports and evaluation forms for student teachers…

Organized to allow undergraduate and graduate students to work together in helping children learn to read, this practicum manual provides guidelines and materials needed for the undergraduate section of the Methods of Teaching Reading II Reading Practicum at Indiana University Southeast. In addition to the syllabus, which includes a course…