Most studies evaluating the effectiveness of school internships have relied on self-assessments that are prone to self-presentational distortions. Therefore, the present study analyzed the improvement in the instructional quality of 102 student teachers (46 women) from a German university during a 15-week internship at a local secondary school…

In recent years there have been significant changes in education across the globe, largely as a result of changing demographics, technological developments, and increased globalization. Relatedly, the changing needs of societies and families, along with new research findings, provide new directions in early childhood education. Consequently, early…

This study employed ethnographic methods to describe and explain changes to beginning science teachers' (n = 6) practices and beliefs during a year long internship. Teaching practices were strongly influenced by the cooperating teachers. Initially, all six interns attempted to re-enact lessons they witnessed their cooperating teachers teach,…

In response to the recent calls for a residency model for field internships in education, a possible model based on an adaptation of Japanese lesson study is described. Lesson study consists of collaboratively planning, implementing, and discussing lessons after the lesson is taught. Results of a study in which student teachers and cooperating…

This anthology of articles and reports on micro-team teaching (a scaled down team teaching operation usually taking place in a single, self-contained classroom with two student teachers and one cooperating teacher) is divided into three sections. Section One, "An Overview of Micro-Team Teaching," discusses trends in the preservice phase of teacher…

The University of North Florida's Teacher Education Internship Project had as its purpose the expansion and refinement of a clinical supervision model for undergraduate teacher education interns and preinterns. Goals included the revision of data gathering instruments and the pooling of program graduates to determine the success of these former…

These studies explore two mentor teachers' practice of supervision in a Professional Development School (PDS) setting and the meaning that these two mentors attach to their own work as mentors of prospective teachers. Through prolonged participant observation and in-depth interviewing of both interns and mentors, this study captures the unfolding…

This study examines the mentoring practices of a mentor teacher who was actively engaged in creating an inquiry-focused, year-long internship, noting the intern-mentor dyad's negotiation of a successful learning context as perceived by the intern, the mentor, and a university faculty member. Data collection involved both ethnographic and…

In a British teacher education program, student science teachers were placed in varied science- and technology-related organizations to explore the relationship between science curriculum and real-world educational needs. Results suggest some modification of curriculum is needed for student teachers to benefit most from these experiences. Concern…

This paper describes the professional experiences of teacher education interns at Wright State University in Ohio, who entered the field from prior professions or training. The paper addresses the use of Praxis III/Pathwise in the training and orientation of both Professional Educator Program (PEP) interns and professional clinical faculty…

This project's goal is to identify and develop management strategies which would allow for the implementation of a number of approaches for providing preservice teachers, beginning teachers, medical students, administrative interns, and graduate students with a year-long field experience. This report discusses the results of field tests,…

This report describes the Collaborative Yearlong Teaching Experience (CYTE), an extensive 1-year internship program that promotes a coaching/mentoring model of preservice education and professional job-embedded staff development in Broward County, Florida. This student teacher program is intended to help preservice teachers meet the demands of the…

This study examined the efficacy of a student teaching internship component of a teacher education program in fostering the development of reflective practitioners by investigating the experiences of preservice teachers in the program. The study noted the extent to which the various requirements of the student teachers' internships (e.g., journal…

The practical experiences, or the professional laboratory program in teacher education, is the subject of this publication. Its intent is to serve colleges, universities, and schools as a guide in their development of a full range of laboratory experiences in an effort to assure more competent and committed teachers to improve the education of…

This paper reports on data from a 4-year, cross-sectional study of preservice teachers who participated in a yearlong Professional Development School internship/student teaching experience. Preservice teachers worked in classrooms with mentor teachers for two 8-week placements during the fall semester and returned to student teach with the same…