The Agribusiness Department at Janesville Parker Senior High in Wisconsin involves 360 students and three instructors in three different buildings. Facilities were provided through a variety of methods with major emphasis on utilizing the urban setting. Future Farmers of America students operate projects in orchards, greenhouse, gardens, and…

Suggested ways of planning and conducting high quality teacher preparation programs are discussed under major headings of student selection, sequential courses and experiences, and program design. (HD)

Describes a senior course in reading taught at Michigan State University for English majors who plan to teach in secondary English programs. Course participants learn about reading theory, research, and teaching strategies, and they tutor problem readers throughout the term. (GW)

Students enrolled in the construction surveying class at Southern Illinois University's School of Technical Careers gained practical experience and helped the community by giving engineering assistance to the checking of existing design features and to surveying and laying out a project to construct a boat ramp on the Mississippi River. An…

Designed to help handicapped persons who have been living a sheltered existence develop independent living skills, this course is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a five-day apartment live-in experience, and the second concentrates on developing the learners' awareness of community resources and consumer skills. (BM)

This article explores the importance of a class internship program as a potential bridge between the theory of the classroom and an individual internship or the world of practice. (Author)

A pilot summer project under the auspices of the Protective Services Resource Institute has been developed at New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School in which medical students work alongside professional social workers with families in which abuse and neglect are potential or actual problems. (LBH)

Results of the Patient Encounter Project are reported, which documented all clinical experiences of 36 medical students for seven months in the Rural Physician Associate Program and compared these experiences with those of a control group of 26 third-year students in the regular curriculum at the University of Minnesota.

Portland State University's Cooperative Professional Education Program offers an internship which combines coursework and clinical experiences for teacher education students with extension to beginning teacher placements. (CB)

Results of 3-year study of over 200 University of Maryland student interns indicated participants felt internships helped them locate jobs, test career interests, provide opportunities to integrate classroom learning with field experience, and better understand personal and career goals. (NEC)

This article discusses how student teachers develop a concept of teaching and of themselves as teachers by presenting a case study of one student teacher's journal entries about his field experience. It is suggested that journal writing may be useful in helping students to become more reflective about their teaching. (JL)

This article considers how student teacher supervisors think about their teaching and about how they communicate their knowledge to student teachers. The study is based on interviews with and journals of six student teacher supervisors and the journals of their 20 student teachers. Results are reported. (JL)

Considering cultural diversity, and specifically ethnicity, in field work education is a key dimension in promoting the success of minority graduate students in social work. Supporting the strengths of the minority culture provides a foundation upon which students can master new learning. (Author/MH)

An exploratory study of the role of "faculty field liaison" was conducted, utilizing a national survey of 88 master's programs in social work. The study confirmed that the role is more complex and diverse than anticipated with the need for some form of uniform understanding and training of liaisons. (Author/MH)

The content and process of teacher education for urban areas must familiarize teachers with urban issues and concerns. Elements of this training should include the following: (1) liberal arts; (2) personal and professional development; (3) philosophical foundations; (4) organizational studies; (5) field experiences; and (6) curriculum and…