In the described early field experience program the field experience is included in the introductory professional education course that is offered during the students' junior year. The field component requires that students spend a minimum of 30 hours actively participating in a public school classroom during the semester. Emphasis is placed on…

The Exploratory Field Experience in Education program is a field-based program for those students who indicate that they wish to pursue a professional career in education. The aim of the program is to assist the student in making an intelligent career choice early in his college years. The program is set for the first semester of the sophomore…

This document describes the Performance Based Undergraduate Program for the education of teachers at Brooklyn College--a program which encompasses the performance-based field-centered approach and the identification and analysis of teaching behaviors. Evaluation and feedback techniques are described as necessary parts of the curriculum for each of…

This project report gives information regarding the effectiveness of regional counselor training efforts for 463 newly employed untrained VR counselors from D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The course spanned a two-week period; six weeks academic and six…

The utility of field experience education for furthering cognitive development is examined through an anaylsis of the psychological and sociological dynamics of the specific field program design. Outcomes are identified and related to existing theories of cognitive development. (Author/LBH)

This is a reprot of the genesis and evolution of an interdisciplinary health care experience for student teams in a gerontological setting. The student teams faced many of the same problems encountered by other interdisciplinary health care teams, including role definition, role negotiation, decision making, and conflict resolution. (Author)

Discusses the value of a capstone course in applied sociology as the culmination of the undergraduate sociology curriculum. Points out advantages of joint faculty-student projects for the course and presents the relative merits of two different formats: solo versus team projects. (Author/GEA)

The University of Maine School of Law's cooperative program with a local legal clinic to provide law students with training in and experience with counseling techniques in a field experience program, to help clients solve complex problems, is described and discussed. (MSE)

Describes a field-biology research project conducted at Coos Bay, Oregon by high school students attending the summer sessions at Terramar Field Science Facility during the summer of 1972. Discusses the value of this type of environmental survey for both the students and the community. (JR)

Institutionalization of experiential learning can be enhanced by an administrative office that serves individual programs without limiting the autonomy and initiative of faculty and academic departments. Some critical factors in the federation of field-based learning programs at San Francisco State are highlighted. (MLW)

Reviews the literature in volunteering as it relates to a university credit course for students volunteering in human services agencies. Discusses the development of the program, along with the advantages to students, agencies, and the university. (Author/RC)

The music department of Brigham Young University has placed two sections of a music methods course for elementary education majors in Vineyard School, a public school in Orem, Utah. This article describes the program's rationale, operations, and benefits. (Author/SJL)

Describes the Marine Education Leadership Training Program offered by East Carolina University. The program is intended to help teachers, marine education specialists and youth group leaders identify and define trends and issues in marine education. An internship and course work are among the program's components. (Author/WB)

A pilot program for training cooperating teachers and bettering communication among all participants in the student teaching program is described. (JMF)

Catholic University's program in law and public policy combines educational techniques for preparing students for law practice, clinical externships, and academic study of the role of law in the formation of public policy, placing equal emphasis on the roles of the public policy lawyer and of public law in society. (MSE)