It is the feedback on their teaching practice that allows student teachers to become better physical education teachers. Suggestions for feedback aimed at effective management and effective teaching are made. Skills that may aid the student teacher in management and teaching are listed. (MT)

This article suggests an alternative approach to physical education student teacher supervision in which the cooperating public school teacher is trained to supervise the student teacher in close, collaborative association with the university. Critical to this model is that both the university and public school personnel agree on the competencies…

Student teacher effectiveness was evaluated by student teachers, supervising teachers, college supervisors, and pupils using five research questions. A discussion of results is presented. (DF)

Research data on field experience supervision of student teachers indicate a need for more critical analysis of the interrelationships among student teacher, cooperating teacher, and university supervisor. Statistical research does not measure subtle changes in preservice teachers or the supervisory practices that may have influenced the changes.…

Ongoing efforts to include social contextual dynamics in research on mathematics education require theoretical frameworks that allow researchers to zoom their focus out to include the social sphere (Lerman, 1998). This is especially important when studying teacher development, as teachers learn in a wide variety of social contexts. Here we…

This study compared the attitudes of elementary level collaborative and traditional cooperating teachers regarding their supervisory skills and confidence levels. It also examined how teachers collaborated and how collaborative cooperating teachers perceived Clinical Master Teaching (CMT) meetings. Student teachers were placed in schools with…

During the 1995-96 academic year, faculty and administrators in the College of Education at Illinois State University, (Normal, IL) and teachers and administrators from a local school district established a Professional Development School (PDS). A group of 32 of the university's elementary education majors were placed at school sites in the local…

This study investigated the effects of early field experiences on preservice teachers' teacher efficacy (TE) beliefs, a cognitive process in which teachers construct beliefs about their capacity to help students learn. The study also explored the effects of early field experiences on preservice teachers' TE beliefs in terms of their early field…

Contextual factors that may affect the appropriateness of the placement of student teachers are described. A case study is presented of an inappropriate placement. (CJ)

This research dealt with the advisability of matching student teachers and supervising teachers on the basis of compatible cognitive style. Students and supervising teachers were matched or deliberately mismatched according to field-independence or field-dependence as determined by the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT). Student teacher…

A student teacher is at once faced with differences between the theoretical nature of the university environment and practical classroom experiences. This dissonance can be smoothed by the combined efforts of the university supervisor and the cooperating teacher. Dissonance can have positive effects on the student teacher. (JN)

One approach to preparing student teachers to deal effectively with mainstreamed handicapped children is to have special education personnel meet with student teachers. Each student teacher must acquire some supervised mainstreaming teaching experience. (JN)

Directors of student teaching programs in 38 states, as well as student teachers and supervising teachers at Texas A and M University were surveyed on the use of student teachers as substitutes. The findings showed that the use of student teachers as substitutes is widespread, difficult to control, and, as seen by directors, a source of abuse of…