The purpose of this practicum was to provide a planned procedure for the student teacher training program at Schertz Elementary School during April and May of the 1973-74 school year. The preceding teacher training program contained an excessive number of weaknesses, primarily involving lack of direction for the student teacher and lack of…

Discussed is the development of games which provide teacher-trainees with experience in anticipating the responses of different types of handicapped children to different tasks. It is explained that the games are inexpensive, that they permit the trainee to become a participatory observer in an interactional setting, and that they provide…

This is a report on the experimental program in elementary education (EXEL) at Shepherd College. The stated philosophy of the program is that teachers in training need more contact earlier with the public schools--that is, that all theory with practice delayed until later results in little application of theory because too much time has elapsed…

The necessity for program modification to meet existing local needs and the current thrust toward competency-based instruction led to this curriculum development project. The intent of the project was to determine the feasibility of incorporating educational innovations within the Business Education Student Teaching Program in order to begin to…

This document is an internal proposal for the Intravisitation Program, to be added to the Fordham Advocacy Community Organizer Teacher Training Program. The underlying rationale for the program is that observation of creative and well-planned lessons would be of invaluable service to trainees. The intravisitation schedule would evolve after…

In the introduction to this collection of papers, William Drummond summarizes the national conference proceedings and personal reactions to them. Chapter 1, "The Revolution Explosion," is a talk by Frankie Beth Nelson about the way an anthropologist looks at the school and its purposes. Chapter 2 (SP 002 631), "Student Teaching: The State of the…

A study was conducted to observe differences in the teaching performance of students who had three different types of pre-student teaching laboratory experiences, some including simulation. Subjects were 75 student teachers who had been randomly assigned to three groups, each having different laboratory experiences, during the pre-student teaching…

This paper describes the origin and development of a student exchange program between the State University College at Brockport, N.Y., and the District of Columbia Teachers College in Washington, D.C. Preceded by an exchange of professors from the respective laboratory schools in 1966-67 and operated without financial grants of any kind, the…

The subject of both papers is microteaching. The purpose of the first study was to assess the effects of focusing on general technical skills versus interpersonal relationship skills in conjunction with microteaching. A total of three training procedures were used: (1) directive lecture (DL), (2) non-directive lecture (NDL), and (3) microteaching…

In this project, the concept of pupil control ideology was studied as it applied to student teachers. Those students at Central Missouri State University who were completing their student teaching experience during the winter and spring terms of 1970 participated in the study. The two hypotheses tested were that a) there will be no significant…

A questionnaire was administered to student teachers, supervising teachers, principals, and college supervisors to ascertain functions which were actually performed and those most desired by the respondents with regard to the role of the college supervisor. The respondents were participating in student teaching experiences in the state of Georgia…

An experiment was performed to compare the relative effectiveness of two microteaching procedures. In the low-cost treatment, student teachers received training in higher cognitive questioning skills by means of written modeling procedures (Subjects read transcripts of videotape model lessons) and audiotape feedback after each microteaching…

One purpose of the study was to identify, compare, and report the various patterns of organization and characteristics of student teaching programs in business teacher education. Another purpose was to identify and report the various patterns of organization, characteristics, and distinct features of existing internship programs in business…

Central Minnesota Teacher Education Council (CMTEC) Centers are public school districts under contract with CMTEC who designate "cluster buildings" that serve a minimum of 10 student teachers per quarter each. In all CMTEC Centers, emphasis is placed on providing opportunities for student teachers to teach under guidance in both major and minor…

This monograph presents a completely theoretical analysis of data pertaining to professional laboratory experiences at the preservice level. The intention is to bring together in a useful pattern what is known and what is asserted about these experiences and to make specific functional proposals that, if implemented, may be conducive to enhancing…