The 1989 report of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration recommends that long-term relationships be established between universities and colleges to create partnership sites for clinical study, field residency, and applied research. The student intern's field residency depends heavily on field-based mentors, requiring a…

This article describes a university teacher training program for preservice teachers of students with mental retardation that emphasizes adult learning theory, case method teaching, communication, and clinical experiences to bridge research and practice. A review of the literature examines adult learning theory, Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational…