Presents a conceptual framework and explores results and implications of practicum research published from 1975-1982. Studies (N=42) were found pertaining to practicum supervision and were divided into two categories: maximizing effectiveness of the practicum experience and specific techniques in practicum supervision. Practicum supervision was…

Analyzed a questionnaire sent to the membership of the Association for Specialists in Group Work to assess the current status of group work preparation in counselor education programs. Results, compared to previous studies, showed that counselor education programs are providing more and broader didactic and experiential group work preparation.…

Seventeen behaviorally-anchored rating scales were developed for a comprehensive measure of performance in pharmacy practice, including pharmacist selection, performance appraisal, and promotion activities. The scales (which are included) were also used to evaluate extern performance, and to serve as a criterion measure in studies of concurrent…

An alternative model of the school psychology internship is presented. Specific features of such an internship experience are full-time placement, training v service functions, supervision, research time, and stipend. (Author)

A survey study of groupwork educators which indicates that group process and groupwork methods courses continue to attract large numbers of students is reported. Problems facing groupwork educators include lack of methodological specificity in groupwork, knowledge explosion in group methods, and poorly developed groupwork courses. (Author/MLW)

A proposed model for preservice teacher practicums, the Reflective and Critical Internship Program, is designed to encourage students to voice their concerns and produce their own solutions to classroom issues, particularly in relation to classroom management. Within this model, the problem-solving process is both individual and collective.…

A study compared performance on the Area Concentration Achievement Test in Social Work (ACAT) of 32 undergraduates who had nearly completed a field practicum and 38 who had not begun it. Results showed no difference in the groups' knowledge of social work professional foundation overall or in individual content areas. Other variables that could…

A 3-year study will examine conflict in professional field education. Stage 1 will collect narratives about critical incidents from student-field instructor-faculty member triads in the fields of education, medicine, nursing, and social work. Stage 2 will focus on analysis of narratives. Stage 3 will include multidisciplinary conversations among…

Includes nine articles that explore the importance of the practicum component in library and information management education in Australia. Perspectives from faculty and students are offered, competency standards are discussed, and support from public libraries is presented. (Author/LRW)

Assessed opinions of 329 counselor educators regarding the ideal delivery, goals, and methods of clinical supervision. Also examined the influences of theory and research relative to the practice of clinical supervision. Important supervision goals presented here include assisting counselors to develop clinical skills, to increase self-awareness,…

University staff who teach and research in professional schools are required to commit both to traditional academic norms and scholarship and to the transmission of distinctly vocational skills and attitudes. Tensions created by these two roles and the implications of these for the functioning of a university are explored. (Author/MLW)

Traditional Masters of Social Work (MSW) students versus extended MSW degree students who took a combination part-time/full-time work-study arrangement were compared. Comparisons were made on a variety of self-inventories, measuring attributes of personality, values and initial helping skills. (Author/MLW)

Examined are eight barriers that prevent Schon's views on reflective supervision from having a significant effect on practitioners. These eight barriers are interrelated; changing one without changing the others will have little effect. If supervisory practice is ever to embrace the notion of reflective supervision, deeply held beliefs about…

Explored is the opportunity supervision provides for educators to remake their image of themselves and of their professional practice through reflection. Focused upon is the relationship between supervisors and teachers, reflective time and space, vehicles for creative reflection, and the creation of self-confidence. (SI)

In a study with 13 social work and counseling interns, field supervisors' ratings of students' field performance were compared to an independent judge's content analysis of performance. Results revealed significant correlations between the evaluations, providing evidence of validity of the supervisors' assessments. Validity may have been enhanced…