This project demonstrates a collaborative process designed to address the continuing preparation of principals who have primary responsibility for supervising and evaluating teachers, and the preparation of cooperating teachers as more effective supervisors of student teachers. The project focuses on one major question: What is the role of…

This brochure provides information about the Wisconsin Improvement Program's Teacher Intern Program, how it works, and how it can benefit all participants. Areas covered in the brochure include: (1) admission criteria; (2) the roles of program participants; (3) program organization; (4) participants' responsibilities; and (5) program costs. An…

The purpose of this study was to identify those individuals or groups who were the significant others and reference group members of student teachers. (Author)

Designed as the first stage of a four-year evaluation of the education practicum program at the University of Alberta, this study had two major purposes. The first was to provide a pool of data to serve as a base line against which to compare new practicum programs. The second was to identify satisfactory and unsatisfactory aspects of the program.…

TWENTY-FIVE JUNIOR EDUCATION MAJORS PARTICIPATED IN A ONE-SCHOOL PROJECT TO IDENTIFY, UTILIZE, AND EVALUATE NEW METHODS, MEDIA, AND TECHNIQUES OF TEACHER EDUCATION. THE 17-WEEK PROGRAM CONSISTED OF STUDENT TEACHING AND OBSERVATION 3 DAYS A WEEK (AND ALL OF WEEKS 13-16), AND 2 DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL CONTENT COURSES (CURRICULUM, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND…

In an investigation of the effect of teacher role perception on teaching effectiveness, 26 cooperating teachers and their corresponding student teachers rated 48 possible teacher behaviors for degree of desirability. The ratings were used to define role expectations of teachers, which were in turn utilized to explore the degree of accord between…

A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF VALUE SYSTEMS UPON SCHOOL LEARNING AMONG GHETTO CLUB MEMBERS IS PRESENTED. STREET GROUP MEMBERS CONSIDERED SCHOOL LEARNING IRRELEVANT TO PRESTIGE WITHIN THE GROUP. THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH TOUGHNESS, SMARTNESS, TROUBLE, EXCITEMENT, AUTONOMY, AND FATE. FULL…

This book is divided into 10 chapters. The first deals with the historical development of clinical experiences in teacher education. Chapter 2 explains how it was realized in the late 1960's that a true partnership between colleges and public schools was needed if quality laboratory experiences were to exist. Many such partnerships have been…

This study investigated what student teachers, supervising teachers, and school administrators throughout the state of Indiana felt about the contributions of student teaching programs. The questionnaires sent to each group are included, and responses are cross-tabulated to examine agreement or disagreement between groups. Questions examined…

This paper describes a study that investigated the effects of participation in collaborative supervision on the ability of individuals to perceive the helpfulness of others' responses, their ability to make helpful responses, and their perceptions of themselves and others as helpers. Subjects of the study were 44 student teachers and their…

This study identified the personality traits of both student teachers and cooperating teachers that were related to the student teachers' perception of the student teaching experience. The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 P.F.) measured personality traits and the Purdue Student Teacher Opinionnaire (PSTO) measured the perception of the…

A proposed teacher education program would provide more diversified student teacher training through the cooperation of the ten members of the College Center of the Finger Lakes and the school districts of the Southern Tier of New York State. The program has three major objectives: 1) to increase the utilization of objective evaluation techniques…

To determine the effect of student teaching programs upon cooperating public schools, a questionnaire survey was conducted of all student teachers in Michigan (fall 1969) and all their supervising teachers and building principals. Responses to the three separate 80-item instruments were received from 4,397 supervisors, 4,483 student teachers, and…

This report is a summary of ideas and concerns expressed by participants in a November, 1969, conference on the rights and responsibilities of the classroom teacher in the improvement of student teaching programs. Its emphasis is on the need for further clarification of procedures, functions, and lines of responsibility of the various groups…

A foreword and five chapters provide guidelines under the following headings. Organizational Structure for Student Teaching: the interrelationships between state, college and public schools. Procedural Steps: the college's responsibility in selecting candidates, the selection of centers and supervising teachers, the assignment of student teachers…