This document is a manual for a social work field placement program. The social work field placement is described as a learning experience designed to translate the students' interests, interpersonal abilities, and academic knowledge and theory into the capability of enabling others to solve problems. Expectations of skills to be learned in the…

The literature on undergraduate field placement programs reveals differences in approaches to program evaluation. Included in research literature are descriptive accounts, as well as those focusing on characteristics of the program, student evaluation of field programs, or those assessing the program's influence on students. This study pre- and…

In response to ongoing needs for improved preservice field experiences for prospective administrators, more stringent state certification standards, and technical support for practitioners, mutually beneficial alliances are being formed between universities and local schools. This paper describes part of a continuing University Council for…

Guidelines, as developed by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), for professional experiences in education are presented. Revisions of these guidelines were conducted by the National Field Directors Forum, a special interest group of the ATE. The major purposes of professional experiences are to: (1) provide opportunities to relate…

A 23-item questionnaire was mailed to teacher education institutions in the United States that offer programs to prepare early childhood teachers. The questionnaire surveyed the institutions' early childhood teacher education programs, their relationship to state teacher certification requirements, and the nature of the programs' field…

To acquaint counselors with business and industry, the University of Delaware and the industrial community have developed a program which could readily be extablished elsewhere. (Author)

The North Carolina Internship Office has an operational objective to establish a network of programs which extend opportunities for service-learning to students enrolled in the 45 senior public and private colleges in the state. (Editor)

Vigorously supports the use of field experiences as learning devices and as an alternative method of teaching and looks at the various actors in the process, focusing on the uses and misuses of the faculty supervisor. (Author/PG)

This paper examines the characteristics of student workers, the types of structures for supervising student field experience are noted, supervisory functions are suggested, and the potentials of good supervision are summarized. (Author)

How to gain approval for the establishment of a field experience program, organize it, and establish supporting relationships for it. (Editor/PG)

Described here is the implementation of a field experience sequence into a course entitled "Preschool and Primary School Physical Education." (Author/JA)

Discusses three developments in higher education that offer possibilities for cooperative efforts that could lead to significant improvements in undergraduate programs: cluster colleges, field study programs, and new techniques for teaching and learning. (Author/PG)

An internship program developed in the English department at the University of Maryland provides English majors with the opportunity to sharpen their abilities and to gain preprofessional experience, while employers gain the chance to discover the talents and skills of English majors. Students in the program earn four credits for the semester…

Three uses of contracts at Michigan State's Justin Morrill College in cross-cultural field study, independent study, and community project field education.