The Partnership in the Education of Teachers (PET), a cooperative venture between Southeastern State College and Colbert, a small disadvantaged rural school, was initiated to revitalize the college elementary teacher training program through earlier field experiences for students; on-the-spot observation, teaching, and consulting by the college…

What seems important to student teachers as they look back on the experience? Here, several share their thoughts with college supervisors and public school cooperating teachers in an after-the-fact discussion. Taking part are the same persons who exchanged ideas in the preteaching seminar reported in the August/September Instructor. (Editor)

Basic problems in teacher recruitment, selection, guidance, standards, and practices are illustrated with case studies of unsuccessful student teachers. (MJB)

The effectiveness of college supervisors in the student teaching experience is questioned. (JD)

A "pre-student teaching" project initiated at the University of Delaware is discussed. (MM)

Teaching groups of patients is a part of nursing care, and microteaching is an instructional strategy which can promote process learning. Microteaching involves videotaping a segment of practice teaching experience with playback for student review. The article discusses theory and research related to microteaching and gives examples of its use.…

Interviews with student teachers indicated that--from the viewpoint of the trainees--meaningful inputs to the socialization process are not limited to those made by the cooperating teachers, but also include non-involved teachers, pupils, and spouses, as well as a wide range of other individuals. (MJB)

Hypothesizing that when the motive to succeed (MS) is greater than the motive to avoid failure (MAF), the student teacher responds more positively and does better in the field experience than when MS is less than MAF, two samples of male and female student teachers were compared. (Author/JC)

Reports on a study (n=30) designed to determine the relationship between student teachers' level of moral development and their success in teaching performance. Results support the claim that moral judgment relates to teaching performance, though the effect is not large. (JDH)

Reported in this paper are the observations and beliefs of educators in England, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland pertaining to the performance of U.S. student teachers in the schools of these nations. Recommendations to student participants and U.S. teacher educators for the improvement of overseas teaching experiences are made. (Author/MT)

This study investigated changes in students' anxiety, attitude, concerns, and confidence about becoming a teacher during preservice teacher education and looked at whether these changes were related to selected student characteristics. Subjects were three groups of 581 students at three stages of teacher preparation. Findings are discussed.…

This article argues that studies of student teaching as an occasion for learning to teach have mistakenly ignored the role of program content and contexts in the socialization of prospective teachers. (Author/MT)

Research has raised fundamental questions about the traditional supervisor-student-class teacher triad of student teaching and the influence of the social context in which it operates. Some alternative approaches to supervision are reviewed and problems of reconceptualizing the supervisor's role are examined. (Author/MT)

Changes in teacher anxiety and teacher concerns were investigated at the beginning and end of a four-month practice teaching and classroom observation course. The sample consisted of 26 student teachers; six are discussed in some detail. Results indicated a decrease in anxiety and a slight increase in concerns. (MT)

States the reasons the Office of Teacher Education at the Irvine campus of the University of California decided to offer alternatives to traditional teacher education programs, gives a number of items to consider in creating such alternatives, and sets forth selection and evaluation criteria that can help ensure a quality alternative program. (FL)