To determine if the rate of pay for part-time instructors at Compton Community College was low or average, a survey was conducted of the community colleges in California as to the pay of part-time instructors teaching lecture-type classes only. A survey questionnaire was sent to the Deans of Continuing Education in the 98 California community…

Because most graduate geography students will engage in professional teaching activities, the Teaching Preparation Program of UCLA's department of geography is viewed as an important part of graduate training. The program, co-directed by a graduate student and faculty member, is available to all graduate students on a voluntary basis and consists…

This final report covers a three-year demonstration program that served primarily as a practicum for students in a leadership training program. In addition, some research was conducted. The demonstration portion of the leadership training program essentially provided for two basic classes of 16 three- and four-year-old preschool disadvantaged…

The rationale, methods, problems and results of developing a library of video-taped counseling sessions are described. The tapes are intended to capture the counselor-counselee interactive process, so that counselor trainees might see and hear what had taken place rather than be dependent on what they thought had taken place. Such tapes would…

One hundred twenty-six counselor education students, differentiated according to counselor education status and sex, were studied for differences in attitudes toward self, most people, most clients, and purposes as a counselor. Practicum students completing their educational program were more positive in their counseling-related attitudes than…

Simulated Administration of a Regular Guidance Operation (SARGO) is a program for the training of directors of guidance and pupil personnel services. The objective of SARGO is to prepare directors of guidance services to: (1) prepare a written description of a pupil personnel program; (2) interact with a school administrator to clarify role…

Describes a program in which college agricultural education majors between their junior and senior years are placed with vocational agriculture teachers to gain experience in conducting a summer vocational agriculture program. (HD)

Features of the drop-in child care room provided to parents who come to the Floyd I. Hudson Health and Social Services Center in Newark, Delaware are described. (TA)

Describes content and activities of a "student legislative practicum" designed to prepare students from North Carolina State University for participation in the annual legislative session of the North Carolina Student Legislature (NCSL). The practicum employed the NCSL experience as a vehicle for understanding the legislative process more fully.…

Described is an interdisciplinary approach which provides pre-service teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students with the opportunity to learn media concepts and skills and translate them directly into practice. (CL)

The history of each of these models is traced and their different components analyzed. Examples from field instruction illustrate their impact on supervisory behavior. It is emphasized that learning in field work is significantly related to the manner in which the role system is defined. (Author/LBH)

A unique study institute in Jalapa, Mexico, is described that was especially set up to provide educational personnel with special education training while immersed in the language and heritage of their students. Its application for the 20,000 exceptional children in Illinois who learn English as a second language is discussed. (LBH)

Findings of an ethnographic study of student teaching experiences in a program emphasizing field-based practicums are explored. What students do in practicum sites, what influences behavior, ideas, attitudes, and different ways students respond to placement are described. Also discussed are how these findings are related to theoretical constraints…