THE 14 PAPERS APPEARING IN THIS REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS ARE--(1) "LEADERSHIP FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION," (2) "SOME IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION," (3) "OLD AND NEW FRONTIERS," (4) "FRONTIERS, REAL AND MYTHICAL," (5) "CHALLENGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION," (6)…

This paper begins with a historical survey of cooperative arrangements in teacher education. It explains how the trend toward joint ventures in teacher education began in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and how, since 1968, a variety of arrangements have been developed to accommodate the need to work together. Partnership is defined as regularized…

This report describes the second year of operation of the Cooperative Internship Program for Community College Instructors (CIP), 1970-71. Objectives, program operation, evaluation, and conclusions are presented in detail. Emphasis is placed on three phases of activities: placement, preservice, and in-service. Preservice activities covered…

This document is Volume 3 of the report on the first phase of a two-phase longitudinal study of the Teacher Corps program being conducted by Pacific Training and Technical Assistance Corporation. It contains supplementary material, usually statistical tables or technical material, which supports Volume 1, the main volume of the report (see ED 098…

The role of team leaders in leadership and management of instruction for children in portal learning centers is discussed. These centers are designed to meet needs and interests of highly mobile, nonconfronting youths unable to accept traditional classroom routine. The current project is working with the development of open environments for…

Teacher education institutions are forced to come to grips with the role which their students play if a strike occurs in a school district in which their students are engaged in practicum experiences. The results of a survey of Wisconsin teacher education institutions indicate the impact of the work stoppage policy of the Wisconsin Improvement…

The Henry Barnard Child Care Center was established on the Rhode Island College campus to achieve the following main objectives: (a) to provide a comprehensive quality day care program for young children, (b) to serve as a model and resource for existing day care centers within the state, and (c) to provide specifically designed laboratory…

This paper describes the Elementary Physical Education Program (EPE) at Washington State University, which represents a field-centered, competency-based approach to the preparation of physical education teachers. General program objectives include the following: (a) to prepare elementary physical education specialists to work effectively in a…

In 1971, the State of Alabama Legislature passed Act 106, "Mandatory Education for the Exceptional Child," which mandated that all exceptional children were to receive appropriate special education services no later than 1975-76. Five hundred new teacher units were authorized for each of the interim fiscal years, and new graduate and…

This study compared students in Berkeley's four postgraduate teacher education programs, which are a) student teaching--elementary; b) elementary internship; c) student teaching--secondary; and d) secondary internship. The impact of each curriculum on the students was investigated through the Terman Concept Mastery Test, Omnibus Personality…

Lehigh University's Social Restoration Program prepares teachers via an experimental action-internship model to work with delinquent and predelinquent youth in a variety of settings. The program is field centered and competency based, combining theory with practice in each of the three phases of the program. Phase one, the preinternship practicum,…

Seven rural California counties participated in a teacher preparation internship program funded by the Education Professions Development Act. The 101 elementary teacher intern candidates--having a wide range of academic backgrounds, personal interests, and talents--first took part in an 8-week summer preservice experience consisting of (1)…

The present and future conditions of elementary teacher internship programs were considered in this study. A questionnaire was mailed to 67 California teacher preparation institutions and 43 institutions selected from other states. A follow-up study was conducted one year later to determine any program revisions that were occurring in the…

Listed are some considerations, including advantages and disadvantages, of doctoral internships in special education programs within state education agencies. Among advantages noted are that the student gains knowledge of the daily functioning of a state department while maintaining relations with his university, and that an awareness of other…

Describes the Alberta Initiation to Teaching Project, a two-year, $30 million experiment to provide a paid five-month internship for 900 education graduates which offers continued professional training in an environment that will facilitate the transition from student to professional teacher. (NEC)