This seventh in a series of ten learning modules on coordination of cooperative education is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teacher-coordinators competency in planning and providing the necessary coordination and supervision to ensure that the students' experiences on the job are productive and helpful in aiding them to…

Brief descriptions are provided on 89 college and university programs offered in social work at the master or doctoral level. This report presents information about the programs of accredited graduate programs of social work and those schools working toward accreditation. The content areas of social welfare policy and services, human behavior and…

The proceedings of a 1979 Missouri symposium on doctoral programs in special education includes the texts of major addresses and position papers as well as summaries of conclusions of small working groups. The keynote speech by R. Erdman was entitled "Higher Education in the 1980's: Implications for Doctoral Programming." The speech deals with…

This field supervisor handbook comprises the final part of a series of three documents which together constitute a guide to the training of the Bilingual-Bicultural Child Development Associate (CDA) Trainer. The handbook consists of two parts: the supervisor guide and the diary of a field supervisor. Part I outlines the roles of the supervisor,…

A rationale is presented for both investigating the context of educational organizations and building in a program renewal capacity as an essential operational component of every such organization. The findings of several program evaluation studies conducted at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education are reviewed. These studies were…

School counselors face identity crises since they must respond to the conflicting demands of students, faculty members, administrators, commercial and industrial interests, parents, and the local community. In order to defend themselves against public criticism, counselors must find a way of illustrating their effectiveness. Data obtained from an…

This dissertation recounts the functioning of a practicum established to develop educational specifications and preliminary building plans for five new elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District. These buildings will be built to replace schools that do not meet earthquake safety standards. Project teams developed educational…

The Conservation and Environmental Science Center for Southern New Jersey (CESC) has developed this manual for college participants in environmental education programs. The program and purposes of the CESC are described in some detail. This manual is designed to be used with college practicum groups who utilize one week of a quarter during the…

In this study, Pre-service Science Teachers' (PSTs) views about the potential benefits and existing barriers of their argumentation on the World Wide Web about what is happening in middle school science classrooms during two semesters of their practicum experiences were investigated. "Special Web Group" called the "Collaborative…

Based on their master's studies in community health nursing, two nurses describe their participation in developing a plan for a local health services agency (HSA). They emphasize the need for nursing input in HSA planning and the contribution that this input can make particularly to school health care. (MF)

Describes an internship program at Israel's Ben-Gurion University, examining the role of practicums in teacher education, noting the work of mentors and interns, and discussing internship methods at selected North American universities. Suggestions are made to enhance the effectiveness of Ben-Gurion's Residence Practicum Internship. (SM)

Bachelor-level and master's-level social work students (n=959) in field placements and recent graduates (n=134) were surveyed to assess the impact of personal attributes, supervisory characteristics, and 11 instructional skills on their evaluation of their field instructors. Results show the most influential variables were those representing…

Evaluated a practice-site learning experience for 55 doctoral pharmacy students, using student logs and written summaries and pre- and post-experience surveys concerning student awareness, understanding, and mastery of desired outcomes. Students indicated increased awareness and understanding of desired outcomes, and found patient interaction…

A model of clinical supervision for assisting therapists to develop culturally responsive therapy approaches contains the following stages: (1) introducing a culturally sensitive, cross-cultural perspective; (2) introducing a sociocultural framework and analysis of oppression; (3) exploring the supervisee's own biases, stereotypes, and racism; and…

A study of precepting conversations between 11 pairs of internal medicine interns and faculty preceptors found strategies used to correct the interns consistent with pedagogic norms favoring discovery learning and with societal norms favoring egalitarianism and respect for individuals. However, this raises questions about effects on interns'…