This article reviews research concerning the influence of the cooperating teacher and the student teacher supervisor on the student teacher, suggests needed research in the area, and examines possible implications for student teaching programs. (CJ)

A growing concern in American public education is that of public school teachers refusing to accept student teachers. (MM)

Cooperating teachers who provide opportunities for education students to participate in outdoor education units will have enriched their outdoor education unit with the knowledge, talents, and skills of a very enthusiastic group of future teachers. (JC)

Surveys of cooperating and student teachers examined what cooperative teachers were already teaching student teachers about classroom management. Results indicated that cooperating teachers were generally not aware of specific authors or books about classroom management and were not going to teach a specific knowledge base about management to…

Findings are reported from a study which investigated teacher preferences for incentives used to encourage and reward cooperating teachers as well as their preferences for training to enhance the quality of their supervision. The most popular incentive alternatives among teachers (N=97) were professional development and monetary rewards. (IAH)

Reviewed is the literature on the supervisory conference over the 20 years since the advent of clinical supervision. First, the purpose and components of the conference are examined, followed by reflections on the underlying assumptions of the relationship between supervisor and teacher. Literature on the use of observation data in the conference…

The Jefferson School District in Daly City, California, uses a systematic procedure for selecting and pairing master teachers and novices. (Author/TE)

A study to describe the extent to which cooperating and student teachers (n=15) in agriculture used the problem- solving approach to teaching found that they spent less than 20% of their instructional time using it. Cooperating teachers use most of their time maintaining students' interest in the subject matter; student teachers spent time seeking…

Cooperating teachers and college supervisors have joint responsibility for mentoring student teachers. Field experiences should include a continuous system for in-person and electronic communications among the participants, and cooperating teachers should be trained in mentoring skills. (SK)

Discusses problems that arise when there is a conflict between a student teacher and the supervising teacher and when a student teacher does not perform satisfactorily. Focuses on how supervisors deal with failed assignments and how beginning teachers improve their teaching and learn from failed assignments. (Contains 21 references.) (JOW)

The learning opportunities for student-teachers in practicum settings has long been acknowledged and studied in considerable depth. However, the learning opportunities for cooperating teachers, while celebrated and extolled as an important reciprocal benefit, have not been verified to the same degree. Drawing on the concept of reflection, and…

One common thread throughout the research in agricultural education is that cooperating teachers have been identified as being important and influential to the student teachers' success. If the interaction between student teacher and cooperating teacher is important to the student teaching process, then the matching of a student teacher with a…

This paper discusses research on teacher preparation and teaching in diverse settings, using data from questionnaires about various courses and components of one teacher education program. Student teachers completed questionnaires before and after student teaching, and cooperating teachers completed them at the end of student teaching. All student…

The purpose of this study was to pilot an alternative student teaching supervision model at a college of education in a US context. In the study, the collaborators used multiple paired dyads to supervise student teachers with multiple supports from college faculty. This study examined how teachers and university faculty planned the use of paired…

Survey data from 222 student teachers at a small, liberal arts college were used to address the following three questions: Do university supervisors add value to the student teaching experience? Do student teachers distinguish between the roles played by supervisors and those played by cooperating teachers? How do student teachers characterise…