A practicum was conducted primarily to increase prekindergarten teachers' skills as well as their personal feelings of competence and confidence as they worked in interest centers set up and planned by other teachers. A secondary goal was to decrease the number of interruptions during the school day due to questions and problems resulting from the…

University undergraduate students (N=22) developed individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped (N=22) clients of all ages and levels of conditions in physical education and the IEPs were implemented for 24 weeks. A competency-based curriculum in Adapted Physical Education (I CAN) was used for both IEP development and resultant…

A practicum for teachers of English as a second language at the Michigan Technological University allows American foreign language students and foreign students enrolled at the institution to be paired for tutoring in cultural facts and awareness. The course has a minimum of two contact hours per week, and participants are involved in three areas:…

The practicum described in this study sought to motivate pupils to want to learn to read and to improve their reading skills. Three hundred eighty-two pupils from second through ninth grade who were identified as having reading deficiences were admitted on a referral basis. A standardized test was used to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in…

This paper, directed to beginning counselors who have not experienced counseling supervision, discusses the general purpose of supervision and the relationship between the supervisor and trainee. Five supervision models are described: (1) direct teaching; (2) therapeutic; (3) interpersonal process recall; (4) self-supervision; and (5)…

This paper compares the stress of inservice teachers and preservice student teachers. The situation of student teachers is compared to that of cultural anthropologists in the field. This paradigm aids student teachers to objectify and to cope with the stresses and strains of their own fieldwork. The student teaching practicum is viewed as a type…

This practicum report concerns the elementary mathematics management program initiated by the Coffee County, Georgia, School System which provides for diagnostic and prescriptive learning through the use of a continuous progress plan. Learning objectives' checklists (guides) were constructed for levels Readiness through 6c. Tests were constructed…

The major purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of regional/rural placements for student teachers. A secondary purpose was to discern attitude change among student teachers, cooperating teachers, and principals involved in the program. An evaluation was also made of the effectiveness of secondments, personnel…

RESPONSE CHANGES BETWEEN HIGH-PERFORMANCE-RATED AND LOW-PERFORMANCE-RATED COUNSELOR CANDIDATES AS A RESULT OF AN INTRODUCTORY EXPERIENCE IN A SUPERVISED PRACTICUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATED THE TWO GROUPS. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, VARIABLE DEFINITIONS, AND A REVIEW OF…

This report describes the second phase of a teacher learning cooperative project designed to coordinate the economic, physical, and human resources of a number of small elementary school districts in California and the Marin County Superintendent of Schools Office. Whereas the first phase dealt with the formation and implementation of the…

A field experience program in which all undergraduate psychology students at the College of St. Scholastica spend about 10 weeks away from campus in an applied setting of their choice is presented. Components of the program are described in terms of: (1) selection of sites made by students in consultation with faculty advisors; (2) proposals…

One hundred books, articles, and papers published between 1959 and 1968 are listed in this annotated bibliography of selected documents on teacher education in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) collection. Summaries of topics with references to document numbers are included in Part 1, and abstracts to which the summaries are…

The paper describes a systematic observation instrument designed to describe settings in which young children and adults interact. The Early Childhood Setting Observation Instrument (ECSOI) provides a comprehensive matrix of categories useful in describing and analyzing adult-child interactions. Adult behavior categories included in the matrix…

This study examined whether or not prospective elementary school teachers can become more positively oriented toward culturally different children after taking teacher education courses that focus on teaching these children. Two groups were taught two courses dealing with disadvantaged youngsters. Group A took the course during the summer and did…