Discussed is Dakota State College's Experience Oriented Teacher Education Program designed to prepare prospective teachers through experience in addition to theory. This report describes the four major aspects of the program: participation in public school classrooms prior to student teaching, human relations training experience, field seminars,…

Describes a career awareness program in which focused shadow experiences with General Electric employees are a key element. For two years these shadow experiences were systematically observed and analyzed to clarify actual process elements in the experiences, and to assess their effectiveness in achieving shadow experience objectives. (Author)

Education students can as early as their freshman and sophomore years be engaged in meaningful field experiences designed to help them make more intelligent career decisions based upon realistic understanding and assessments of needed skills and attitudes. (JD)

Findings of this study indicate a high positive evaluation by participants of the Great Lakes Colleges Association--Philadelphia Urban Semester program, designed to help students understand the city, develop self-understanding, and to learn about a field of work related to occupational goals. (MB)

The purposes of this research were to review state standards relating to professional laboratory and field experiences, and to suggest changes which seem warranted in view of the best research and practice available. Both current standards and recommendations are discussed. (MT)

This paper focuses on conceptual and methodological limitations which have been identified in relation to research on field experiences. A point of view is offered as to how research in this area can begin to provide the kinds of empirical data which will be more useful for policy decisions. (CB)

The Personal Orientation Inventory was administered to an experimental group and a control group, each composed of five female occupational therapy students, before and after their six-week psychosocial fieldwork experience. The experimental group also received formal affective training sessions, which, results showed, produced greater positive…

Introduction to Education is the first course students take in the teacher preparation program at Purdue University. It provides an opportunity for students to experience teaching early in their teacher education program. The course consists of a field-based and a campus-based component. The field-based component consists of 10 observations of a…

This article describes one internship training model in school psychology based on an extended internship in diversified settings with many field-based supervisors. (JC)

The internship program described in this paper provides the trainee with experiences and skills consistent with a consulting model for school psychological services. This model is a single-setting, school-based internship under the supervision of a single faculty member. (Author)

This article describes a training model in school psychology which utilizes a geographically separated internship and suggests using a concurrent externship'' in which supervision and field experience are closely tied to the university. (Author)

Problems encountered by behavior modification consultants working in public schools are described in the form of a parable. (Author)

Background information on the organization and operation of an internship program at California State University, San Diego, is presented. Students found the work/learn experience had greater impact than hours of professional lecturing. (Author)