This in-depth study of the teacher education center movement in Maryland begins with a discussion of the need for change and the forces and circumstances which contributed to that change. It also describes in considerable detail the program which resulted in the teacher education centers of Maryland, outlines the structure of a typical teacher…

Two specific questions were addressed in the study: (1) Do student teachers from randomly selected in-center situations verbally interact with students differently than randomly-selected non-center student teachers? and (2) Do cente student teachers have concerns that are different from those of non-center student teachers? Data was gathered from…

Shared responsibility between school districts and universities for training teachers in large metropolitan school districts seems to offer advantages over the traditional preservice education curriculum. Seventy-two preservice teachers were selected from six universities participating in a consortium teacher center program. Each student teacher…

This study was designed to determine whether student teachers receiving human relations training along with their student teaching experience would show any changes in their self-concepts and to see if these changes were significantly different from those of student teachers involved in the student teaching experience only. A 30-hour,…

This study was designed to determine if there were significant differences in the opinions of two groups of student teachers regarding their teaching experience. One group completed student teaching in a teacher/teaching center, the other completed student teaching outside of a teacher/teaching center. Their opinions were measured with twelve…

During the past seven years, Florida State University has been directly involved in working with handicapped children in projects which provide pre- and inservice preparation for vocational and industrial arts teachers and direct educational services to handicapped pupils in the pupil schools. (BM)

Supervising teachers must realize the model role which they are obliged to assume, as the student teacher will generally conclude things should be done the way the supervising teacher does them. (HD)

Describes Brigham Young University's elementary rural teacher training program which has successfully provided rural student teaching experiences for over 250 prospective teachers since 1973. Details live-in experience, financial structure, reciprocal benefits, and school district-university cooperation in teacher preparation. (NEC)

The possible sources of preservice teachers' unrealistic job expectations (that they will encounter few difficulties) were studied. By applying ideas developed in a study of "unrealistic optimism," a framework for such an analysis is given and the findings of an initial study of 118 students are reported. (JL)

This paper describes and assesses research in preservice teacher education conducted in Canada over the past 15 years and identifies priorities for improving its quality. It concludes that future research requires understanding the content of teacher education, the options open to planners, and the conceptualizations driving teacher preparation.…

The incongruence between organizational realities of student teaching and the Cogan/Goldmanner clinical supervision model are presented. The development of a new model of supervision geared to the realities of student teaching is recommended, and suggestions for approaching a new model are offered. (MT)

Illustrates that stress in student teaching can cause both positive and negative reactions. Two hypothetical examples demonstrate how stress causes growth and self-development in one case and pushes a person beyond the adaptive range in the other case. Concludes that a university supervisor is necessary to help modify those reactions. (TRS)

Notes that teacher education--in Canada and the United States--has been subject to increasingly frequent and vehement criticism and proceeds to examine five aspects of teacher training programs: perceived status of faculties of education, research and development practices, curriculum design and implementation within faculties, admission standards…

A number of issues relating to theory and practice in teacher education are discussed, based upon a previous article by Taylor and Miller (EJ 320 545). The issues include the relationship between theory and practice, the effectiveness of practice teaching as a learning experience, and the role of methods courses. (GDC)

Student teachers' performances were examined in relation to age, prior teaching experience, scholastic aptitude, teaching attitudes, moral reasoning ability, conceptual level, and ego development. Performance was found to be most dependent on ego development, and to a much lesser degree on other characteristics. (Author/DWH)