A rationale for including practicum and laboratory experiences within the teacher education program is discussed. The organization of these experiences within the teacher education program, as well as the responsiblities that various faculty perform, is outlined. Finally, the nature of the planned experiences that represent the core of this…

Components of preservice teacher training at the San Jose State University Demonstration Preschool Program are described in this paper. Based on the work of Jean Piaget, the program is intended to demonstrate the integration of six mildly to moderately handicapped preschool children into a class of 14 non-handicapped preschool children. The…

A study was conducted to determine differences in performance and attitudes between center and non-center student teachers. Those in the Teacher Education Center [University of Maryland], a cooperatively developed and administered program, were assigned not to one supervising teacher but to the center staff or a department. The study included…

Two improvements in supervisory practice would improve the effectiveness of student teaching: development of a set of objectives derived from a theoretical model of instruction to allow for meaningful observation, recording, and reporting of student teacher performance, and provision of feedback to inform the student teacher of his performance in…

This document introduces types and examples of inservice education which concentrate on the special competencies expected of supervising teachers. Thirty-five supervising competencies are outlined and individually explained as they relate to classroom procedures, relationships with the student teacher, responsibility of the student teacher,…

This paper describes the five teacher education learning centers developed by the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham to integrate theory and practice in teacher education, to shape responsibility for teacher preparation, to better utilize university and school resources, to provide inservice teacher education, and to extend individualized…

Presented is a report of the teacher internship program at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. The internship program is defined, and a brief description of its nature and development is offered. Methods and criteria for selecting participating schools are detailed as are the resulting program changes. Current…

This study analyzed aspects of the supervisory conference that uses the vehicle of microteaching to improve supervisor behavior. Six members of a Principles and Practices of Secondary Teaching class assumed the role of teacher in the microteaching situation, and graduate students enrolled in a Principles of Educational Supervision course performed…

Examples of personality types of supervising teachers and student teachers are described. Conflicts arising out of these clashes are illustrated and used to point up the need for personality matching in the selection of student teachers for student teaching programs. Some personality types listed are energetic and creative supervisors, meek…

This document reports on a study that (1) investigated and tested interdisciplinary models of dialogue settings akin to the supervisory conference in student teaching, and (2) gathered information about the verbal behavior of university supervisors and supervising teachers during a student teaching conference. Data gathered from 10 pairs of…

The problem under investigation is the testing of the value of the student teacher-cooperating teacher relationship in promoting student teacher behavioral gains and the values of careful selection of cooperating teachers. The procedure used for the sorting on the major independent variable--cooperating teacher effectiveness--was to interview the…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether instructional behavior learned during a series of simulated teaching experiences using peers as students would transfer to a setting in which "real" pupils were students. Subjects were 44 undergraduate students in the secondary education program at the University of Texas at Austin. Each…

This project had two purposes: 1) to develop a model having sequential, reasonable, and valid task specifications in terms of behavioral objectives through which education majors could be prepared for their initial classroom teaching experiences in secondary schools; and 2) to provide a common framework to coordinate the methods program of several…

Discussed is Dakota State College's Experience Oriented Teacher Education Program designed to prepare prospective teachers through experience in addition to theory. This report describes the four major aspects of the program: participation in public school classrooms prior to student teaching, human relations training experience, field seminars,…

PROJECT 120 ASSISTS SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS IN RECRUITING AND HOLDING TEACHERS, TRAINS TEACHERS TO WORK IN URBAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED, AND EXPLORES FACTORS THAT WILL IMPROVE TEACHER EDUCATION FOR URBAN SCHOOLS. THE SPECIAL PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED TO UNDERGRADUATES WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR STUDENT TEACHING. IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL…