The articles in this report describe how field work, which is highly relevant to modern research and theory, can be used to improve geographic instruction at several instructional levels. Chapter one places the role of field work in geographic instruction in the broader context of contemporary theories of learning. The second chapter describes an…

A study was made to determine the usefulness of library education as seen by 40 practicing academic, special, and public librarians in the southern San Francisco Bay Area (California). Interview questions were designed to discover librarians' positions and backgrounds; the usefulness of courses they took in library schools; their opinions on field…

This is a study of two teams in the Childhood Education Program (CEP) at the University of Florida. It is an examination of how closely the program, as presently implemented, matches its own theoretical underpinnings. Volunteer CEP students helped to devise the questionnaire, which was given to two teams of CEP students. Some of the topics covered…

At the International conference on Social Work Education, Population, and Family Planning, convened at the East-West center in Hawaii under the sponsorship of USA/AID in 1970, specific recommendations were made in regard to the need for extensive work in the development of qualified social work manpower for population and family planning…

Clinical education is learning in a field setting where the emphasis is on knowledge application, feedback, appraisal, and reapplication. Mid-career administrators can improve management, communication, and political skills in clinical settings where close observation of performance, judgments about performance, and prescriptions for improvement…

The procedures for awarding academic credit in one particular community service learning program, the University Year for ACTION, were examined through an analysis of the responses to a mail questionnaire sent to all UYA program directors. Almost all of the programs include a fairly traditional academic component that probably has as much, or as…

The goal of the study was to evaluate the contribution of field education to the competence of the parish minister. Questionnaires were sent to a sample of 471 1964 graduates of 86 Protestant theological seminaries asking for information about their present position, their experience in field education while in seminary, and their judgment of its…

This compendium contains descriptions of 59 community action projects that receive academic credit from 48 colleges and universities. Brief descriptions are given of the diverse institutions offering such field work for credit, including information on enrollment and type (i.e., public, private, etc.). Although the characteristics of the programs…

Four components comprise the elementary education program offered at Illinois State University in cooperation with the Peoria Public School System. Three components familiarize the student with curricula in arts, communication, and the natural and social sciences. The fourth segment of the program is a full-semester clinical experience at the…

The Competency Based Teacher Preparation Program at the University of Houston and its complementary management system have evolved from a set of logically derived assumptions about the nature of teaching. The program characteristics call for a program that is founded in the reality of the teaching act, treats all of the persons involved therein as…

This report summarizes the results of a pre-student teaching field experience for elementary education majors at Pennsylvania State University. A program was organized in which public school teachers agreed to work with students to provide on-the-spot tutorial instruction regarding the teaching technique they employed, to provide the opportunity…

The four major characteristics of the program are listed and described as follows: a) the Professional Block is field centered with "individualized learning packets" taking the place of campus-based education courses; b) the program is highly individualized, with the student, aided by his cooperating teacher, tailoring his program to the…

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 guide resulted from the work of 14 colleges and universities participating in the Red River Valley Inter-Institutional Project, which related to the education of the culturally disadvantaged child. The project included two field experiences, one urban and the other rural; orientation meetings; and discussions. The aims of the Red River Valley…

The Winnipeg Centre Project is a field-based, work-study program that attempts to create more appropriate education for the inner-city child. Sponsored by the Planning and Research Branch of the Department of Colleges and Universities Affairs and administered by Brandon University in consultation with the Winnipeg School Division, the project is…