In Tulsa (Oklahoma), junior high school students had the opportunity, as apprentices to film director Francis Ford Coppola, to be involved in activities that enlarged their direct experience rather than in intense intellectual pursuits. Such activities are characterized by brain-growth experts as appropriate for this age group. (Author/MLF)

Four principles for arranging successful field experiences in health are: (1) Organize the experience as a partnership involving the student, faculty member, and health practitioner; (2) Require regular feedback from students; (3) Provide the student with input from the health practitioner; and (4) Observe and evaluate the students in the field.…

Describes a mathematics content course in which observations are made by preservice elementary school teachers of actual classroom teachers. This course emphasizes these aspects of teacher education: attitudes towards mathematics, achievement and understanding of content, expectation levels of prospective teachers, and understanding of elementary…

Experience with materials developed by the Mathematics Teacher Education Project has shown that these resources of teaching methods and suggestions can be used to assist student teachers in their first field experience and in the final term as a means to coalesce and focus on specific teaching strategies. (FG)

A teaching-learning model using videotaped segments along with instructional modules to teach students the knowledge, values, and skills necessary to function effectively in a health-related clinic setting is described. The intent is to facilitate absorption of biomedical content to assist students to function as members of interdisciplinary…

An undergraduate social work program at Gallaudet College, initiated to increase professional opportunities for deaf students and to provide deaf people with social services, is described. The needs of both student and client groups are discussed, with emphasis on teaching techniques and skills required to serve the deaf population. (Author/MLW)

Discusses instructional innovations in science education, including interdisciplinary environmental studies programs, autotutorial open laboratory techniques, and programed research projects provided in investigative laboratory settings. Describes applications of these innovations at community colleges, as well as the increased use of modular,…

The off-campus term program (OCT) of the University of South Florida is described. The OCT represents a model of centralized, comprehensive experiential education. The methods and systems used are described as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the OCT centralized model. (Author/SF)

A social welfare agency owned and operated by the Graduate School of Social Work serves as an innovative field experience setting, offering an alternative to traditional agency-based field practice. The model is examined relative to one view of the stages of development of the social work profession. (Author/MSE)

This article presents an inventory for a cultural immersion teacher education program based on the program at Indiana University. It offers a rationale and objectives of such a program as well as specifics for participant selection, presite preparation, on-site requirements, external supervision, and evaluation plan. (JMF)

Advanced broadcast news students at San Diego State University receive valuable experience by producing and airing weekly newsmagazine programs on local radio and television stations. (RL)

The Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning at Harvard University is designed to help students test their feelings about different career possibilities and different vocational settings. Several different programs are available, depending on the time commitments students can make. (Author)

Five alternatives to traditional field experiences in special education are described and contrasted, including: infusion of experiences within content courses; traditional experiences offered during the summer session; working practica; roving practica; and specialized field-experiences. It is argued that these alternatives can provide…

Faced with declining test scores, meager resources, and an untenable student/faculty ratio, a predominantly minority urban high school decided to bring in more student teachers. The school welcomed and integrated student teachers into the faculty, taught them about urban education, provided opportunities for mutual support, and solicited their…

Compared patterns and levels of reflection in two semesters of preservice teachers' email discussions about field experiences in urban schools. Higher levels of reflection were rare during the first semester. With several changes in the design and level of support for discussions, students in the second semester were more included to write at…