Limited research exists on the factors that contribute to community college students' development of self-efficacy (SE) while serving as preservice teachers (PSTs) during their early childhood education (ECE) practicum. This lack of research is concerning because educators who have high SE enhance the educational well-being of all children. The…

Members of two unstructured small groups, participants in one and observers in the other, rated all interventions by the trainer for contribution to their learning. Participants and observers had a similar learning profile. Differences between the learning of participants and observers were found for clusters of interventions emphasizing trainer's…

This paper describes a group dynamics course designed to integrate academic and experiential learning. The technique used to accomplish this integration was a two week wilderness experience, followed by a seminar in group dynamics during the normal academic term. Four reasons for the wilderness experience are discussed: (1) shared experience among…