When talented students interact directly with professional artists, both gain new insights and a renewed excitement about art. An apprenticeship program can be developed by an art teacher as part of a regular high school program. How one high school did it is described. (RM)

Describes a three-week interterm program at Southern Methodist University during which journalism students spend time learning at agencies and offices in New York, London, and Los Angeles. (HOD)

Stresses the importance of courses dealing with complex organizations and highlights the need to balance academic knowledge with actual student experience in organizations. Reviews teaching strategies and presents factors that make it possible to offer complex organizations courses that include significant organizational experience. (GEA)

Described is an extracurricular program for high school students in which they visited a college physics laboratory facility and participated in laboratory activities. Discussed are the planning, student experiences, and results. (CW)

The nuclear pharmacy program at the University of Kentucky which offers an elective curriculum designed for baccalaureate students is described. The curriculum consists of two didactic courses (an introductory course and a product-oriented course) and an externship to develop the preparatory (dispensing) techniques. Three course outlines are…

This report describes a campus-based, student-centered model for practicums for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). It incorporates teaching and non-teaching activities and develops the self-knowledge and skills associated with effective classroom practice. The distinguishing feature of the program is the combination of…

Previous research has emphasized the significant negative correlation between counselor effectiveness and dogmatism, or closemindedness. To reduce levels of dogmatism in counselor trainees, a program was developed and tested at Southwest Texas State University. The new course, "Guidance to Meet the Needs of Multicultural Students," gave counseling…

The development and operation of an individually guided elementary science education program are described. With the program, a basic set of preteaching activities are presented. Lesson planning, behavioral objectives, management objectives, and evaluation topics are studied in the university setting. Field experiences include classroom teacher…

The University of Texas at Arlington's Education Department has developed a series of supervised prestudent teaching experiences which allow the college student to observe and practice as a teacher aide at school-based sites. This article includes details on two of the school-based secondary certificate courses. (SJL)

This paper focuses on the structure, process, and accomplishments during the first two years of the Developing Interculturally Skilled Counselors (DISC) project, which trains and supervises eight pre-doctoral trainees for one-year appointments in the areas of intercultural awareness, knowledge, and skill. Objectives of the project are listed and…