In the introduction to this collection of papers, William Drummond summarizes the national conference proceedings and personal reactions to them. Chapter 1, "The Revolution Explosion," is a talk by Frankie Beth Nelson about the way an anthropologist looks at the school and its purposes. Chapter 2 (SP 002 631), "Student Teaching: The State of the…

A study was conducted to observe differences in the teaching performance of students who had three different types of pre-student teaching laboratory experiences, some including simulation. Subjects were 75 student teachers who had been randomly assigned to three groups, each having different laboratory experiences, during the pre-student teaching…

The Elementary Education Program at Capitol Campus provides a 2-year upper division curriculum designed to prepare teachers for inner-city classrooms. Students in the program are expected to develop approaches to teaching which are flexible, individualized, reality-oriented, and child-centered. The major emphasis is on the junior-year…

Satisfaction levels of preservice teachers with their field-based student teaching program, and supervising teachers' perceptions of that satisfaction, are discussed. (MJB)

Results of a study of six novice teachers' self-reported knowledge aquisition suggests that coursework and field experience offer distinct opportunities for learning about teaching. The study is reported and discussed. The novice teachers' comments are excerpted throughout the article. (JL)

The time has come when teacher preparation institutions and public school systems will need to recognize that classroom teachers are an untapped resource to be considered in the teacher education process. (Author)

A need has evolved for the design and implementation of a new system of teacher education that emphasizes laboratory experiences. (JD)

This article describes how St. Cloud State University solved a number of its growth problems, related to increased teacher education program enrollment, by utilizing a district/university partnership model that springs from an active field experience program. (IAH)

Five western Pennsylvania state colleges developed a consortium agreement, WES.C.T.E.C. (Western State College's Teacher Education Center), to operate a teaching center at the district's Centennial Elementary School. The purpose of the teaching center was to involve elementary education students in a year-long field experience in which methodology…

The introductory portion of this report defines teacher education centers and briefly describes their developmental continuum. A synthesis of documents concerning student teaching and teacher education centers is followed by a list of features differentiating conventional programs, student teaching centers, and teacher education centers.…

The Chandler Outreach Project, developed by Arizona State University, represents a clinical teaching center concept where efforts are being made to combine curriculum development, operational research on instruction, and teacher preparation in a center setting for students in teaching. Thirty-six junior year elementary education students use four…

An experiment was conducted to test the feasibility of offering education courses concomitantly with directed observations and student teaching experiences in a public school setting. The conclusion is that this course of action is likely to result in a more relevant and productive teacher education program. (Author/KC)

Schools of education, whose responsibility is to add skills in teaching to a student's repertoire, cannot remedy inadequacies in basic academic training. The California State University system is developing initiatives regarding student selection and knowledge and practice of teaching in order to improve its teacher education programs. (MT)

The educational and ideological parameters of field experience programs for perspective teachers and programs that encourage students to examine educational issues from a critical perspective are explored in this article. A Knox College elementary education program is an example of how these issues can be realigned into a critically oriented,…