This model is based on a training program at Chicago State University designed to train planners and operators of community education programs. Academic content is combined with field-based training. According to the model, first the needs of the communities of the participants should be identified. Then personnel from each agency involved should…

The Program for Learning Competent Teaching is an on-site, preservice teacher training program sponsored by the Northern Arizona University's Center for Excellence in Education that attempts to incorporate more of the complexities of teaching than is possible in traditional on-campus lecture classes. The program is a cooperative effort of the…

A description is given of a model teacher preparation program under development at Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee. The model emphasizes more intensive preparation of prospective teachers in their teaching content fields, demonstrable accountability for both knowledge and skill acquisition in the various areas of professional…

This collection of papers illustrates processes for assessing needs and determining goals in inservice programs and includes the following titles: Inservice Needs Assessment; Field Based Clinical Inservice Education; Inservice Education Clinic--Translating Needs into Goals and Objectives; Multiple Source Assessment Model--A Process for…

This paper describes a model of a field based or clinical experience program for prospective teachers. An overview of issues and concerns regarding field experiences and student teaching describes the traditional approach to supervised practice teaching. In a discussion of contemporary perspectives on student teaching programs, it is noted that…

After presenting an argument for a liberal arts education for media students, this report describes the mass communication education program at DePauw University for which students must take coursework in at least five of six areas of study: natural sciences and mathematics, social and behavioral sciences, literature and the arts, historical and…

A detailed description is given of the Early Childhood Teacher Education Program at Idaho State University. This program consists of five phases: (1) early field experience; (2) observing and participating in a diversity of early childhood programs as teacher-initiates and teacher-assistants; (3) examining and reflecting upon their teaching and…

Critics of Early Field Experience (EFE) for preservice teachers have cited a need for shifting focus away from logistical questions (e.g., quantity of time spent in the field, legal questions, administrative schedules) and toward promoting a critically meaningful educational experience for preservice teachers. This paper describes an EFE at…

Cooperating teachers and college faculty were surveyed to determine (1) the role in field experiences which cooperating teachers presently perform, (2) the role they would perform in an ideal state, (3) discrepencies between supervisory faculty and cooperating teacher perceptions, and (4) replicability of the findings in another geographic area.…

The process of field-based teacher education (FBTE) over a five-year period at the Washington University (St. Louis) is reviewed, with emphasis on two areas: (1) shifting philosophical bases upon which the program was constructed and (2) recurring implementation problems impeding full program development. Three philosophies are identified as…

Issues concerning the development of a pedagogically sound internship program, including objectives, student qualifications, requirements, evaluation, and the responsibilities of the director, are examined in this paper that explores the internship program development of the Speech Communication Department of St. Cloud State University at St.…

Miami University's (Ohio) two-course educational psychology sequence for prospective teachers has been redesigned to incorporate early field experiences. Concerns about the congruence of field tasks with course content, as well as about limiting situational constraints, were addressed by a committee on teacher preparation. Currently, each semester…

Action-learning, activities designed to give students the opportunity to acquire and apply knowledge in practical situations and to learn via participation, is a popular concept aimed at restoring relevancy to the public schools. Vocational and occupational curriculum, experience-based academic programs, and various volunteer and career education…

This paper reports on a collaboration between Eastern Michigan University (EMU) College of Education and Farmington High School (FHS), EMU's first consociate school, i.e., a school site that has developed an exceptionally strong working relationship with a college of education. Leaders of both institutions identified a number of creative ways they…

The purpose of this article is to examine a variety of collaborative relationships among college students, college faculty and cooperating professionals working together in teacher preparation programs offered by the Department of Special Education at Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The rationale, models of implementation,…