A report is given of the findings of a follow-up study of a field-based program for preparing preservice teachers for inner-city schools. This program moves preservice teacher education from the realm of isolated theoretical instruction toward a realistic clinical approach through the use of a professional semester format. During this semester…

This document describes the organization and function of a school based supervision team and its role in teacher education. The teachers that comprise the team are working staff members in a secondary school. They maintain their teaching responsibilities while taking the responsibility as coordinators of the total on-site preservice program at…

The Office of Teacher Education at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Buffalo Public Schools have cooperatively developed the City Teaching Center, a preservice teacher education program which integrates theoretical learnings with field-based experiences in urban settings. Personnel of the center include both university staff (two…

The Utah State University Elementary Teacher Education Program, SODIA, is multicultural, performance-based, field-centered, and utilizes portal schools as partners in the teacher education program. It is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental program utilizing staff from the Departments of Psychology, Special Education, and Family and Child…

The program to Prepare Teachers for Multi-Cultured Secondary Schools (MULTI-CUL) at Ball State University provides an alternative, elective program open to all enrollees in secondary education who wish to prepare for teaching their subject matter specialities in schools serving adolescents from a variety of cultural, religious, social, and ethnic…

The Integrated Day Teacher Education Program is an attempt to create a model for teacher preparation which will make schools healthy places for teachers and children. It is sensitive to the criticisms leveled at teacher education by observers such as Silberman and attempts to lead teachers to share in decision making, participate actively in…

This descriptive study is mainly intended for adult educators, teachers, engineers and technicians in industry and agriculture in charge of illiterate workers, international and national specialists responsible for the launching and running of literacy programs, and more generally for all who take an interest in the work which is being done to…

Describes the community care practicum, an integral part of the RN Flexible Option Track at the University of Texas-Houston, which is designed for registered nurses returning to school part time for the bachelor's degree. The goal is to help nurses develop a new definition of nursing practice--professional practice. (CH)

Describes the outdoor/experiential learning curriculum of the International School Moshi in Tanzania which is inspired by the geographical and environmental features of the region (Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti Plains). Includes the objectives, organizational and attitudinal problems, and benefits of the program. (NEC)

Barriers to the natural evolution of nonsexist field experience for social work students are examined, including both those endemic to the systems and individuals involved in the program. It is recommended that faculty initiate change in these conditions. (MSE)

With the increasing amount and types of clinical experiences for education majors there comes a need for understanding the concept of due process and avoidance of litigation. Practices necessary to ensure due process are identified. (DF)

This paper describes the University of Northern Colorado's Secondary Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP), which involves a partnership with seven local area high schools and places approximately 200 secondary teacher candidates each semester in these schools. The program brings together university faculty members from the Colleges of…

A program incorporating experiential and didactic experience in identification and treatment of drug abuse into third-year clerkship curriculum is described. Experiential training is in a methadone maintenance clinic. Students are evaluated on their knowledge, attitudes, and level of participation in the drug abuse treatment. (MSE)

Professors describe their experiences with the undergraduate psychology practicum course that has been in operation for over 10 years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Specifically discussed are planning and implementation, special problems of industrial placements, administrative issues, and the perspective of a placement agency…

Most college curricula are matched by professional counterparts in state and federal governments. A program of public service internships can serve the liberal arts by bringing them together. The Albany (New York) Semester Program places students in full-time 15-week internships with state agencies. (MSE)