The findings support the use of the microcounseling paradigm as a training model for counselor education. Trainee reinforcement by a supervisor was most potent; if counselor behavior was defined for the trainee, then self-reinforcement could be utilized, especially when practicum classes are large and individual supervision is not available.…

Interviews with 10 Irish nurses supervising student nurses in clinical placements revealed different interpretations of students' status in clinical settings. They viewed their role as facilitative. Although the experience was rewarding, they felt ill prepared for it. They approved the move to higher education for nurses, although most had not…

Discusses a thematic analysis of retrospective phenomenological interviews with four group counseling practicum participants. Suggests the importance of peer feedback supports experimenting with different approaches to the group process. Recommends future research on the impact of group counseling practicum supervision be structured to allow…

Uses data from interviews with counselors to examine ineffective supervision practices. The data yielded six negative principles that permeated three general spheres of lousy supervision: (1) unbalanced, (2) intolerant of differences, (3) untrained/immature, (4) developmentally inappropriate, (5) poor model, and (6) professionally apathetic. By…

This paper analyses data from two sources of stakeholder feedback--first year pre-service teachers and supervising teachers/centre directors--about the issues involved in creating more collaborative approaches to the first year early childhood teacher education practicum at an Australian regional university. The collection of this feedback was…

The primary form of experiential education in political science is an internship in a government office. Too often, however, with little actual monitoring of their experiences, government interns become little more than classic office "gofers." Fortunately, there are strategies to make political internships not only useful learning experiences for…

Methods for evaluation by peers in student teacher and student clinician education. (CH)

A study was conducted to determine the effects of three university supervisory approaches on the development of classroom techniques common to a specific teaching strategy. The 20 subjects, student teachers who had been introduced in a methods course to the inductive indirect teaching strategy desirable for science teachers, underwent three…

This is one of a series which focuses on innovations in the training and supervision of counselors. It discusses micro-counseling by providing: (1) a definition of the procedure; (2) a description of models of practice; (3) a discussion of the effects of using micro-counseling; (4) suggestions for possible applications of the procedure; and (5)…

Described is the contract for the CASE (Career Associate in Special Education) program designed to structure and formalize the relation between practicum objectives and student behaviors. The contract has resulted in the elimination of several undesirable or unprofessional work-related behaviors and poor work habits. (JMF)

A model is presented of "clinical supervision" in student teaching whereby stress is put on classroom observation, analysis of in-class events, and teachers' and students' in-class behavior. A form to guide data collection and analysis is included. (KR)

The dual supervision model is an approach that simultaneously meets training needs of future counselors and counselor educators. The rationale for the dual supervision model, results of an exploratory study, and counseling-practicum supervisors' reactions to the model are described. (Author)

This study evaluated student teachers' perceptions of their cooperating teachers. (RC)