This article describes a comprehensive, field-based program of counselor training in career counseling and focuses on the participation and processing of 20 industrial shadow experiences. (Author)

Describes a residential homemaking program as one of the ways to make vocational homemaking significnat for both present and future needs of students through educational opportunities in a nonschool environment. (TA)

First-hand experience in the business world can help an instructor better judge the content of the technical writing course and the competence of the materials to be graded. (MKM)

Investigating the attitudinal effects of a college course on a class of senior education majors, this study involved an experimental group which attended the regular class supplemented by a field centered experience and a control group which only engaged in the regular class. (JC)

Two processes are identified as central to the achievement of liberal arts goals in a field setting. They are reciprocity and decentering, both implying the coordination of multiple perspectives on the experience. (Editor/LBH)

The potential of the Area Health Education System to influence physician distribution is examined as reflected by a "core" surginal experience in a remote site of approximately 20,000 population. Some favorable attitudinal alterations were noted. (Editor/LBH)

Described is a cooperative program between Purdue University and three public schools to provide university graduate students with structured, practical experience with gifted and talented students and provide educational experiences for the gifted and talented children. (SBH)

Thematic teacher education programs rest on the assumption that learning to teach requires building well-organized schemata that direct teacher action. The relationship of a theme to program characteristics that are critical to the development of this professional knowledge schemata is discussed. (Author/MT)

Brooklyn Law School's Big Apple Clinic, in which law student interns represent New York City and its employees in civil litigation, provides a realistic setting for teaching about bias in the courts and the legal system generally, and for teaching students to explore methods for dealing with prejudiced behavior. (MSE)

Stresses the importance of courses dealing with complex organizations and highlights the need to balance academic knowledge with actual student experience in organizations. Reviews teaching strategies and presents factors that make it possible to offer complex organizations courses that include significant organizational experience. (GEA)

Educational supervision sessions between a field teacher and three students were content analyzed for information on how time was allocated for the students' direct practice, problem-solving activities. The findings indicate areas where further conceptualization and research in educational supervision are needed. (Author/MH)

Students' perceptions of their field placements rarely are taken into account in the literature on field practicum and supervision. This survey of master's program students at a southern university examines factors associated with student satisfaction with field agency, field instructor, and field learning. (Author/MH)

Racial and power dynamics that may affect supervisory relationships are examined. An exploratory study of cross-cultural field supervisory dyads revealed that although field instructors and students have experienced few actual problems, they identify many potential areas of concern. (Author/MH)

A survey concerning extramural dental training programs, designed to provide learning experiences not available within the dental school, found that the programs (1) remain a significant component in dental education despite shifting federal finding priorities, (2) are now provided later in the curriculum; and (3) have a public health emphasis.…

The development of a legislative advocacy course, based on the view that a curriculum for introducing law students to policy making should consider important issues of professional responsibility in the interaction between legal political processes, is described. (MSE)