This pamphlet brings together information about the service-learning model, offers sequential steps that colleges and universities can take to implement or expand public-need-based learning, and itemizes some tools for program management. Steps to develop a public-need-based-service learning program consider the development of conceptual clarity,…

Occurring in six elementary schools in Pueblo, the Teacher Corps Program at Southern Colorado State College features the following components: a) a cross-cultural component for all participants; b) a community-based component designed to assist the community to participate in educational decision making; c) a 2-year undergraduate, field- and…

This report presents the 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards entry from the Oregon College of Education: The Competency Based Teacher Education Program (CBTE). The program focuses on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of six interrelated specifications of the Comfield Model Teacher Education Project. The six specifications…

In April 1969, the U.S. Office of Education funded an EPDA proposal for the Territory of Guam. The purpose of the first of the two projects was to provide training for community leaders and educators so that long-term planning, needs assessment, and citizen involvement would lead to an integrated education system responsive to the society and…

This compilation of 64 papers on innovative programs in mathematics teacher education describes a great variety of current activity, including the use of individualized instruction, flexible grouping, tutorial programs, laboratory methods, new evaluation schemes, micro-teaching, computer assisted instruction, simulation, and field-oriented…

The introductory portion of this report defines teacher education centers and briefly describes their developmental continuum. A synthesis of documents concerning student teaching and teacher education centers is followed by a list of features differentiating conventional programs, student teaching centers, and teacher education centers.…

The Chandler Outreach Project, developed by Arizona State University, represents a clinical teaching center concept where efforts are being made to combine curriculum development, operational research on instruction, and teacher preparation in a center setting for students in teaching. Thirty-six junior year elementary education students use four…

This paper is a discussion of several of the short-term, intensive field practica experiences which have been integrated into the Memorial University graduate counselor education program. The approach in counselor education provides needed counseling services to more remote communities, enables school boards to see counselors in action, thus…

The home economics department of the California State University at Long Beach recently developed a unique centralized field experience system coordinating community resources that could easily be adapted for use by other universities. (Author/BP)

An experiment was conducted to test the feasibility of offering education courses concomitantly with directed observations and student teaching experiences in a public school setting. The conclusion is that this course of action is likely to result in a more relevant and productive teacher education program. (Author/KC)

Students learn the value of research by conducting field studies and by sending copies of their stories to local news media. (RL)

Notes problems caused by untrained persons and excavators at archaeological sites and lists contacts for persons interested in working at sites in New York State. When excavations are merely a part of a minor unit, students lack the broader picture gained by a thorough study of the site. (KC)

The nation's only federal demonstration area in outdoor recreation, environmental education, and resource management for university students are discribed. (JD)

The outdoor education program of the Macomb Intermediate School District (Michigan) enables trainable and severely mentally impaired students to experience many of the outdoor activities previously restricted to normally intelligent students. (MJB)

Describes modes of communication which take place in a field-based learning experience. Explores advantages to the intern (learner), the scope of coverage and value to his overall education (GA)