This journal is devoted to the art of teaching in the field of speech communication. Articles collected in this issue address topics on the development of basic speech communication courses and include the following titles: "Onward . . . A Tradition Continues"; "Performance Courses: No Way to Run a Railroad" and "Not Revolution but Revision,"…

Project CLASS (Coordinated Learning Activities for School Staff) provides a vehicle for local school systems, colleges, and universities to join together in the identification of teacher training and inservice needs and the development and execution of graduate studies and/or staff development programs designed to meet those needs. This document…

This document is written for public school administrators who are interested in establishing in their schools a competency-based, inservice teacher education program. Project CLASS (Coordinated Learning Activities for School Staff) has initiated a series of guidebooks to assist schools in setting up such a program. In this project, an alliance…

This paper presents a university practicum program in human services and outlines the human services field instruction policies for course instructors. An orientation to the Human Services Practicum is followed by a discussion of the student field placement process. A set of educational objectives is listed to provide the practicum student with…

A two-year pilot study evaluated a curriculum innovation at one rural and one urban high school in Maryland. Called the Community-Based Learning and Service (CBLS) Program, the innovation involved placing large numbers of students during part of the school day with community sponsors where they could learn about and provide community services as…

This inquiry was conducted to determine whether an early field experience influences the academic achievement of teaching candidates in subsequent teaching methods coursework. The subjects were secondary education students who had successfully completed a field experience program preceding their enrollment in the methods course. The course was…

Students at Indiana University preparing to become elementary teachers were offered the option of participating in a Block Program as an alternative to the customary Early Childhood Program. Block is a professional semester for students at the end of their junior or beginning of their senior year. The characteristics of this program are: (1) team…

A Study-Service Trimester program combining study with field service and integrated into a normal term of four-year liberal arts education is described. The program is intended to offer students an opportunity to examine and experience the culture of another country and the chance to serve in a practical way, e.g. as teaching assistants, health…

With the increasing enrollment in preservice special education programs, a problem for many schools of education has been the redistribution of tenured, experienced faculty members to provide training for special education field programs. At Appalachian State University (ASU), in North Carolina, cooperation between the Departments of Laboratory…

Major papers presented at the Conference on Research Utilization in Social Work Education are compiled in this sourcebook. The conference focused on six topics that reviewed the state of the art of research utilization and suggested directions for the future. The papers included are: Understanding Research Utilization in Social Work (Stuart A.…

The possible benefits of experience in a family-centered elementary school for the student of early childhood education are explored. The proposed school site would be in the inner city where parents are coping with many problems as they raise their young children. It is suggested that the training student, working with other public servants,…

Describing a developmental model and efforts during the first year of a three to five year plan to develop an experiential program in Harrison District #2 (Colorado) patterned from Outward Bound, this report concentrates on five major areas of concern. A section on developing a support structure describes activity-based workshops, during which…

The chief administrative officers in teacher education institutions in Canada, when asked to make statements about teacher education toward the year 2000, mentioned most frequently multiple programs, lifelong or continuing involvement, humanistic concerns, an increased emphasis on the school setting, and a more scholarly data base. Participants…

This guide presents an outline for establishing a service-learning program for college level students preparing for a career in working with older adults. The following procedures are described for developing practicums and fieldwork programs: 1) establishing program goals, 2) program staffing, 3) selection of service-learning sites, 4) developing…

Identification of the basic skills and roles in field experience education should answer the question "Can and should educators identify a set of basic skills required for effective performance in experiential learning as part of general education?" New roles required of students in using experiential learning opportunities include initiator,…