A redesigned preservice education curriculum, conceived to strengthen ties between special and regular elementary teachers, featured the extensive use of practicums and student teaching. A questionnaire was developed to secure external evaluation and validation of the program. The specific research objective was concerned with how members of the…

Findings are presented from a survey conducted by the Research About Teacher Education Project. The project is devoted to collecting information about institutions of higher education that engage in teacher education, as well as teacher education programs, faculty, and students. The data in this report were culled from analyses of three survey…

Focusing on minority group children, ages 2 to 4 years, and their mothers, the Netherlands' Samenspel project is intended to be a link between the home environment and the preschool or primary school. Mothers and children go to playgroups once a week, most of which are held in a community center or preschool. This summary report describes a study…

Conducted a national survey of counselor education field practicum programs. Reported current and ideal characteristics of practicum activities, trainee evaluation, and supervisory requirements from 287 counselor education programs. (Author)

Western Carolina University has offered a master's degree in human resource development (HRD) for the past 5 years. Surveys of 121 current graduate students in 5 fields and the university's 35 HRD graduates sought to develop a profile of the student majoring in HRD and to elicit graduates' opinions of the program. The "typical" HRD…

The responses of elementary and secondary school teachers and community members in Pine Bluff (Arkansas) regarding a local Teacher Corps project are presented in this report. The first part of the report gives a summary of the teachers' responses to 31 questions dealing with participant characteristics and degree of satisfaction with specific…

The Research About Teacher Education (RATE) project, a longitudinal study ongoing since 1985, constitutes an effort to establish a reliable database about teacher education, and to provide descriptive information about programs, students, and faculty. The focus of this report is on leadership (department chairs and deans) in schools, colleges, and…

A study to determine teachers' attitudes toward inservice education programs was conducted in relation to the RISE (Regional In Service Education) Teacher Center (Connecticut), which provided two types of service: mandated inservice programs for participating schools, and voluntary professional development programs. Data for the study were…

A problem solving study focused on the effectiveness of the student speech therapy practicum, part of the speech pathology and audiology program in the Department of Communication Disorders at Hampton Institute (Virginia). The objective was to investigate participants' attitudes toward the program and its problems and provide solutions for…