The major objective of this program was to maximize probability of success of beginning teachers in Alabama and, thereby, to improve the teaching-learning process for students. In this program, cooperating teachers worked with beginning teachers on a one-to-one basis in the schools. Evaluation of the program's effectiveness was a continuous…

Previous research on the use of interaction process analysis and microteaching in teacher education indicates that these two methods of achieving specified behavioral changes in the teaching behavior of student teachers are at least as effective, if not more so, than traditional methods. Attention now turns to the different ways that interaction…

The Teacher Personal Growth Materials, of which this manual is a part, were prepared in the belief that the teacher's feelings are an important component of her teaching and are therefore a legitimate concern of teacher education. Prospective teachers have many questions, usually unasked and unanswered, about their relationship with their…

A study was conducted to determine whether matching of student teacher and cooperating teacher would produce improved student teacher performance and attitude. Ninety student teachers were randomly assigned to five treatment groups: a control group and four experimental groups differing in the extent to which students were matched to cooperating…

This study investigated the change in anxiety levels of elementary education student teachers from pre- to post-experience as it related to how they were different from their supervising classroom teachers in the intellectual dimension of practicality. The "Omnibus Personality Inventory, Form F" was the instrument used to determine anxiety levels…

Aware of problems both with the lack of preparation on the part of their cooperating teachers and with beginning teachers' transitions from theory to practice, Tennessee Wesleyan College designed two experimental programs: a) Workshop Experience for Cooperating Teachers, wherein the roles of the cooperating teachers were explored, and b) Workshop…

Based on the assumption that the conduct of an effective supervisory conference is analogous to effective teaching and that the assumptions made about effective teaching behaviors can also be made about supervisory behaviors, this paper develops and describes in detail a ten-category observation system for supervisory conferences, similar to the…

This report is the first completed study from a larger project called Teacher Aides in a Secondary School. Pupils in 55 seventh-grade public school classes completed the Pupil Observation Survey Report (POSR) twice--once to describe their student teacher and once to describe the regular (cooperating-supervising) teacher. All teachers involved were…

This investigation was undertaken to assess and determine relationships between a college education faculty, student teachers, and cooperating teachers concerning their tendencies toward conservatism or progressivism and resultant influences upon student teachers. Instruments used to assess tendencies toward conservatism or progressivism were…

This paper assesses the state of current practicum arrangements in five suburban school systems in Massachusetts and presents recommendations regarding the practicum from persons concerned with the preparation of teachers. Three different but parallel questionnaires were devised for cooperating teachers, student teachers, and college supervisors.…

This study examined the effect of the student teacher's perception of and preference for the role of the cooperating teacher and the cooperating teacher's perception of his role on the student teacher's effectiveness and satisfaction with the student teaching experience. Subjects were 98 student teachers and 98 cooperating teachers. Responses were…

In comparison to a group in White, middle class schools, the Pupil Control Ideology Inventory (PCI) indicated that student teachers in ghetto-type schools were more custodial even before their student teaching. The supervising teacher was not a major factor in attitude change. (SJL)

Describes four approaches which cooperating teachers may take in maintaining close communication with student teachers: informal conferences, formal conferences, written comments on lesson plans, and subtle or subliminal communication. Journal availability: see SO 506 831. (AV)

The purpose of this study was to compare subjective accounts of supervisory meetings from the viewpoint of 25 student teachers, their cooperating teachers, and eight university supervisors. Changes in these viewpoints over the first semester of student teaching were also examined. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Emporia State University College of Education's recognition of the strong impact university supervisors and cooperating teachers have on student teachers compelled it to develop a training program to prepare supervisory personnel in the use of various supervisory strategies. (Author/CB)