This study tested 45 preservice teaching interns for cognitive and performance behaviors, comparing those results with the emphasis on reading in the content areas that the interns received in teacher training. The interns were randomly divided into two experimental groups. One group was trained in content-area reading by both content-area…

The problems associated with development of a field based teacher education program in the public schools are examined. Conflict between the college education department and the cooperating schools for control of time and curriculum frequently appears in such programs. A model is proposed for the structure and development of a consortium that…

This report evaluates an ongoing competency-based teacher education project involving two local colleges and two school districts. Following indepth interviews with selected project personnel, 1 66-item questionnaire was constructed covering the following six basic areas of concern: (a) program orientation, (b) program objectives, (c)…

This guide is designed for use by foreign language department chairpersons. The following topics are discussed: (1) goals of supervision, (2) the attitude of a good evaluator, (3) basic principles and purposes of supervisory visits, (4) what to look for during the supervisory visit, (5) the followup conference, (6) how to use the instruments for…

The objective of the project was to unify the efforts of the classroom teacher and the college faculty in observing and guiding the teacher trainee in classroom teaching practice. Two coding systems, one on teacher behavior and one on pupil behavior, were used to establish a common language for professional dialogue on description of and…

This study was conducted to identify: (1) student teaching competencies in home economics which cooperating teachers could assume as their major responsibilities, (2) methods and techniques that have been effectively used and which ought to be implemented to help cooperating teachers assume responsibility, and (3) roles that three groups of…

The student teaching experience often creates affective friction between the student and his supervisor which may have debilitating effects on the student's self-image and ultimate performance in the teaching role. This study reports on the formal evaluation of a technique (developed at Clark University) of sharing personal biography which aimed…

The article suggests that a student teacher's main supervisor should be a clinical professor who is capable of helping the student examine numerous questions about education, and who will help him or her work with an instructional team to implement innovative ideas. (CD)

High school students agreed with their teachers in evaluating student teachers on control in the classroom, personality in relating to students, and help given to students. Agreement did not exist on assessments of the variety of learning activities used by student teachers. (JD)

For eight years, the Department of Early Childhood Education at Northeastern Illinois University has worked cooperatively with Robert Morris Elementary School in Chicago in developing and implementing a laboratory experience for student teachers in the area of play and rhythmic expression. Describes the program and evaluates its benefit for…

Describes a school-based course implemented in the professional sequence for industrial teacher education students designed to use a local school/university partnership in the pre-service preparation of industrial education teachers; also describes the role of course participants, and problems encountered in the course along with some solutions.…

Preservice education specifically, and teacher education generally, should be more of a collaborative responsibility and an interrelated endeavor than it presently is. (Author)

Observation of student primary school teachers, their college tutors, and supervising teachers during a structured 2-week introductory school experience indicated that individual student teachers needed a variety of forms and structures to benefit from the experience, reflecting the student teachers' and the other professionals' perception of…

The rationale of a School-Based Teacher Education Program is given. Five different supervisory models which constitute a developmental approach to supervision are described. This approach is considered in the context of extant approaches and of teacher reform. (JL)

The differences in the field experiences of elementary student teachers and secondary student teachers were studied in 36 student teachers over a two-semester field experience. Methodology and results are reported, and recommendations to improve the field experience of secondary education student teachers are given. (JL)