This paper both corrects and expands on the work of Corwin and his colleagues in "Reform and Organizational Survival: The Teacher Corps as an Instrument in Educational Change." It is the author's contention that, by analysing variables that are common to all 10 programs discussed in that study and ignoring those that are unique to the…

The Secondary Education Department of the College of Education, University of Arizona conducted research, using a modified Delphi technique, to seek clarification of the behavioral goals for its teacher education program. The technique was designed to develop a consensus among experts through successive questionnaires which permit the individual…

The use of simulation as an instructional alternative for in-service training of supervising teachers becomes increasingly more worthy of study. In reference to the student teacher/supervising teacher relationship, research indicates that the development of communication skills, cultural value systems, professional attitudes and self concept are…

This study examined the cognitive behavior of supervising teachers and their student teachers working in a conference situation. A modified version of the Aschner-Gallagher classification system was used to code videotapes of conferences held by 15 elementary school teachers and their student teachers. Some of the 15 teachers had previously taken…

The Multi-Institutional Kanawha County Teacher Education Center has developed new techniques in teacher education, initiated cooperative seminars, and explored and developed cooperative inservice programs for student teachers and supervising teachers. This document describes an "on site" program designed to improve the competency of…

This study of pupil control attitudes was based on the assumption that public school teachers and college education instructors hold divergent views on pupil control. These divergent views would then be imposed on the preservice teachers. The Pupil Control Ideology (PCI) Scale and the Dogmatism Scale, Form E, were randomly distributed to 100…

The author discusses competency-based teacher education and the disagreements about what "competent" means. Among his examples is the Dilemma of the Ditto: can teachers be "competent" without knowing how to run a ditto machine? This is really a profound question because it represents an entire class of questions. (MF)

Discusses a study evaluating a program in which student teachers were supervised both by university teachers and "teacher tutors" (supervising teachers in the school). (IRT)

Microteaching experience was sufficient to train graduate education students to a significant level of competency. However, once they moved into a regular student teaching setting, their exhibition of the original target skills was dependent upon intervention by their cooperating teachers. (Author/MV)

The Student Teacher Awareness Program at Southside High School (Muncie, IN) introduces student teachers to a variety of topics and concerns from the perspective of the classroom teacher in the field. (CB)

This study investigated (1) whether significant attitude changes toward educational practices took place in education majors as compared to arts and science majors; (2) if these groups differed in views toward their educational development; and (3) attitudes of faculty and cooperating teachers toward educational practices. Results are presented.…

To improve the quality of its teacher education program, the university strengthened its partnership with schools where its students obtained student teaching experience. The qualities of effective cooperating teachers, a selection guide for faculty associates, and the benefits of college school cooperation are described. (JL)

This study of 14 elementary school teaching triads focused on the problems inherent to student teaching programs. The study investigated cooperating teachers' attitudes about learning to teach, the classroom structures within which student teachers taught, and how these affected the role of the university supervisor. (JL)

Observations and research indicate that most student teaching programs are not necessarily doing what they were designed to do. A study at Emporia State University found goals and preferred outcomes to be unclear to university supervisors and cooperating teachers. Five suggestions are made to improve field experience programs. (MT)