Examines current ethical guidelines affecting the use of videoconferencing in the supervision of social work students nationally and internationally. Suggests protocols to address ethical and professional practice issues that are likely to arise as a result of using videoconferencing to conduct supervision across international borders. (EV)

Operation Adventure is a course in leadership skills for gifted/talented sixth-graders in central Wisconsin. The enrichment program uses officers and senior cadets of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps as instructors and focuses on problem-solving ability and courage. (JDD)

Reviews some widely held assumptions about administrator field experience aims and accomplishments. Shows that adding more ways to engage in field-based practice is insufficient. Envisions a professional formation period, wherein administrator candidates synthesize all learning experiences, values, and priorities to form a more wholistic, personal…

In an analysis of pharmacy extern and preceptor activities, 24 externs logged activities at random intervals over a period of 226 days. Students were alone most of the time, with little contact with prescribers or patients. Community-based externs had far more patient contact than hospital-based externs. Students spent most time in the dispensing…

Of 224 business teacher respondents, 53 percent would still choose teaching if the teacher education program was 5 years and ended with a bachelor's degree; 88 percent would if the result was a master's; and 88 percent would if an internship was offered. The major benefit identified was increased field experience. (SK)

Presents research that questions the effectiveness and necessity of student teaching as part of the teacher education curriculum. Proposes that practice in teaching skills should occur in the college of education program where mistakes and ideas are valuable openings for discussion and where discussion is immediate. (KS)

Explains how academic teachers are participating in summer externship programs and discovering that work-based learning yields across-the-board benefits for teachers, students, and employers. Offers guidelines for making the most of externship experiences. (JOW)

Although opportunities for externships for teachers in rural areas are limited, rural teachers must seek out work sites in advance or travel to distant sites to gain the practical experience they need to bring back to their classrooms. (JOW)

Presents a directed-inquiry activity to take students one step beyond observation of how living organisms capture prey. Uses a field lab based upon predator-prey relationships to enliven the teaching of food web concepts to non-science-major freshman undergraduates. Can also be used in teaching high school biology students through college science…

Describes four types of feedback provided to preservice elementary teachers concurrently enrolled in university reading courses and early field experiences. Includes field notes, checklists, anecdotal accounts, and dialog journals. Presents a coaching model that identifies what was done well during the lesson, describes important areas that need…

Offers reflections of three professors of literacy education regarding their varied field experiences with preservice teachers enrolled in their reading/language arts methods courses. Describes each field experience and discusses its impact on classroom teachers, elementary students, college students, and college professors. Offers some general…

Investigates preservice teachers' perceptions of the impact of non-field experiences in shaping their vision of mathematics teaching. Describes a study in which preservice teachers were engaged in a number of technology-based activities and asked to complete questionnaires prior to and after the activities. Teachers associated the lack of a…

CREST (Collaborative Redesign of Educational Systems) is an intensive, year-long, field-based teacher preparation program that blends theory with practice. Each student teacher is taught at a specific school within the Arlington (Texas) Independent School District and joins an instructional leadership team comprised of a mentor teacher, university…

This paper describes the structure, content and requirements of the service-learning component of first professional year pharmacy students. It also provides excerpts from student reaction logs describing their experiences. (Author)

Presents an email correspondence activity designed to supplement existing field-based literacy teacher education experiences. Notes the intent of the strategy is to provide the opportunity for preservice teachers to encounter authentic literacy issues faced by real teachers, and to familiarize preservice teachers with the trials of being a…