To help transfer communication theory to the real world, the University of Central Florida (Orlando) has applied communication theory and social science research techniques to answer questions raised by attorneys, judges, and others interested in the dynamics of the legal process. The social scientific techniques have thus far been applied in…

BRIDGE (Business Relating to Industry to Develop Gifted Education) was designed to bridge the gap between business, industry, and education via an internship program that would expose gifted and talented secondary school students to actual experiences which would increase their career awareness and knowledge of career opportunities. In addition,…

A field-based program involving intern development helps to ensure cooperation between public schools and colleges of education. This article focuses on the description of a teacher internship model as being the most favorable means of establishing a program that not only qualifies the candidate for certification but also develops and proves his…

A Rehabilitation and Special Education (RSE) program is described. This program is designed to provide education majors, undergraduate and graduate, with an experiential learning experience with handicapped individuals of every age, so they may be capable of providing habilitative services to the handicapped from infancy to adulthood. Emphasis is…

At least four factors are important to consider in contemporary teacher education programs: the demand for increased accountability; the emphasis on field-based instruction; the need for responsiveness to field input; and the need for responsiveness to student input. In New York, the demand for increased accountability has been translated into a…

Before establishing alternative programs, administrators should investigate if the need is being generated by the incompetence or misuse of existing personnel, or if the existing program can be modified to fulfill the unmet needs. Alternative programs are ways of diversifying the means to common ends. Suggested ground rules for establishing…

In response to the Kerner Report, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the prodding of a few reporters on the staff, the "San Francisco Examiner" began an internship program in the summer of 1968. With some modifications, the program is continuing in 1973. By early 1971, 21 interns of minority background had completed the…

This annotated personnel bibliography on planning, organizing, and evaluating training programs covers the following areas: Training Programs and Activities in the Federal Government; Philosophy, Policies, and Objectives of Training; Organization of Training; Program Development and Implementation; Determining Needs for Training; Evaluation of…

This document describes and presents the results of a project whose general purpose was to field test a set of activities that could upgrade the quality and effectiveness of research and evaluation activities in large urban school districts. Three aspects of this problem were addressed: The need for better conceptual models for evaluation in the…

This speech describes the School-Community-Pupil Program of the Jane Addams Graduate School of Social Work designed to adjust not only the child to school, but also the school to the child. The program educates social work students to team up with other professionals to effect changes needed for groups of children. Through courses emphasizing the…

Describes how a self-arranged instructor internship program oriented a technical writing teacher to the technical communication profession and made clear some of the needed changes in instructional practices. (EL)

This study examined the efficacy of a student teaching internship component of a teacher education program in fostering the development of reflective practitioners by investigating the experiences of preservice teachers in the program. The study noted the extent to which the various requirements of the student teachers' internships (e.g., journal…

This paper presents a model of supervision that examines and informs the understanding of professional development within a Professional Development School (PDS) context. It offers a theoretically-based model for supervision, drawing on three bodies of literature (supervision, teacher inquiry, and PDSs). The study constructed and explored a model…

Describes the organization and execution of a three-week summer internship program of occupational experience for vocational agriculture teachers. (GB)

In order to evaluate the clinical competencies of graduate pharmacy students upon the completion of a medicine rotation, an oral examination has been developed that requires students to present data and defend decisions. Objectives, responsibilities, and competencies required by the rotation and nine sample exam questions are appended. (JMD)