This exploratory evaluation of Oklahoma SBAE students' perceived knowledge, experience, interest to learn more, and motivation to pursue a career in the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Pathway (The National Council for Agricultural Education, 2015) areas while engaging the Agricultural Career Experience (AgCE) curricular…

Ohio recognizes that high-quality teachers come from high-quality teacher preparation programs. To help improve the quality of educator preparation programs in Ohio, H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly directed the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education to develop a system for evaluating Ohio's educator preparation programs (ORC…

The extent of how mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are seamlessly incorporated into the personal day-to-day life is not often considered by University instructors. Unfocused incorporation of mobile technologies into the classroom can de-emphasize intended learning objectives if students struggle to use the technology itself or by…

Adjunct faculty now represent a numerical majority in most U.S. colleges and universities. This dynamic is also present within many Schools of Social Work. Research gaps remain regarding the worklife experiences of adjunct faculty and their risk for burnout. Specific to social work, little is known about the specific role of adjunct field faculty,…

A purpose-built blend of teaching and learning activities was used with trainee teachers on a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course, and subsequently evaluated in a cyclical action research study, over a period of two years. The purpose of the blend was to engender the formation of a learning community, by giving them access to each…

Describes a national survey using the Delphi technique to determine the criteria considered by community college child-care occupational instructors to be necessary for quality field experiences in child-care training programs. Examines the application of findings to the development of an instrument useful in program evaluation. (JP)

This paper reports the results of a study designed to determine long range effects of a nine-year-old performance-based secondary education program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. (JD)

Sandwich courses' survival depends on devising a procedure to assess industrial training meaningfully. The author proposes a list of specific procedures in such an assessment, including regular student inverviews with an assessment panel consisting of both his academic and industrial teachers. (Author/JB)

The purpose of this study was to determine perceptions of student teachers concerning student teaching and to examine their perceptions of the adequacy of their college course work. Subjects for the study were 137 student teachers from five universities. Respondents to the questionnaire used in this research were asked to evaluate problems in the…

This study was conducted to learn how a new "experience" component in education foundations' core course work would be evaluated by teacher-trainees and their critic teachers, who were experienced classroom teachers. Project subjects were 186 men and women (84 senior students in a required Foundations of Education senior level core course, and 102…

This study describes and evaluates the first year of a 2-year masters degree urban teacher education program. The first year consists of four separate components, each of which is evaluated separately on the basis of previously stated objectives. The first component, Community Orientation and Study, involves a 6-week living experience in the inner…

A partnership program involving student teachers at Mills College (California) and a local public school is described. The purposes of the program are to provide a concerted, coordinated effort in inservice education for classroom teachers; to provide an arena where both college faculty and school faculty can experiment in putting theory into…

The enculturation of two beginning student teachers was examined and described. In addition, the effects on classroom activities before, during, and after the student teachers carried out their assignments are discussed. Ethnographic techniques such as observation and interview were employed to collect information and the case studies are…

In a University of Ottawa field-based teacher education program, students spend much of their postdegree preservice year in schools. Three studies of the first cohort of program participants suggest that the model of preservice education has less effect on the first-year teaching experience than do the nature of the practicum and coursework…

A survey of 25 participants in a Nevada " externship" program providing teachers with real-world business experience revealed that urban externs participated to further their academic pursuits, while rural externs participated to enhance their teaching skills. Nevertheless, both groups gained understanding of necessary employability…