Experiential education has served as a setting for therapeutic intervention in treatment of a communications handicapped young adult. Ways are reported in which newly-learned communications skills were successfully applied in an off-campus setting and transferred to campus and home. (Author/LBH)

A conceptual framework is presented to help sociology departments define more clearly the issues surrounding employment opportunities for bachelors of sociology. Sociology departments should redefine educational objectives and identify a body of skills sociology majors should possess; offer students supervised fieldwork experiments; and give…

Describes "Action Learning" programs which intend to broaden the traditional definition of schooling to include community-based experiences. Discusses the implications of this type of model for teacher education--particularly the in-service aspect. (Author/RK)

Results of an extensive internship evaluation project in Minnesota have produced four primary outgrowths designed to upgrade the quality of internship experience. They include quantitative changes in standards, pre- and post-tests, interviews as evaluation aids, and an Externship Demonstration Project. (LBH)

Describes a method that uses energy from the sun, absorbed by aluminum discs, to melt ice, and allows the determination of the solar constant. The take-home equipment includes Styrofoam cups, a plastic syringe, and aluminum discs. (MLH)

Discusses fieldwork in library and information science education and reviews some of the current issues influencing employers' support for fieldwork placement, with specific reference to the Queensland Institute of Technology library's approach to fieldwork placement and management. Topics include time investment, organizational issues, and…

Examines the characteristics of gifted and talented students and describes three cooperative mentoring programs. They are the Executive Internship Program and the Laboratory Experience Program (both in Hillsborough County, Florida) and university-based summer programs at many institutions. Also identifies risks, such as breaking of close…

The Workload Measurement System was used to measure time use patterns with and without students for 23 occupational therapists in two Canadian teaching hospitals. For 87% there were no significant differences in time spent in direct or indirect patient care with or without students. (SK)

Describes the benefits of peer coaching to preservice physical education teachers. After explaining how peer coaching works, the paper examines the early field experience progression, looks at three teaching laboratories designed to facilitate preservice teacher education, and discusses data collection instruments (teacher position and function…

If secondary schools are to fulfill their purpose and goals, administrator preparation programs should be structured to include more hands-on activities, such as simulations, inbasket exercises, videotaped scenarios, and casebook examples. Additionally, these programs must address key questions regarding classroom practice, culture, and climate.…

Project CAVES (Creative Adventures and Valuable Experiences through Spelunking) is a summer residential program for gifted high-school students, involving lectures, surveying and mapping simulated caves, and exploring and surveying actual caves in Arkansas. The project's development and learning activities are described. (JDD)

This article proposes rules of thumb about the teacher education design process. The rules are grounded in the attempts at reforming teacher education at Washington University in the early 1970s, at a time during which a year-long, field-based alternative to the traditional elementary program was operated. (IAH)

The State University of New York at Albany offers a 24- credit-hour sequence leading to provisional and permanent certification to teach academic subjects in secondary schools. Courses cover the teaching/learning process, school and society, computer literacy, substance abuse education, and instructional methods. (CB)

The University of Pittsburgh's Social Studies Seminar and School Practicum introductory courses for prospective secondary school social studies teachers incorporate both practicum and seminar activities to foster reflective teaching that emphasizes the school context, as opposed to the classroom experience, of teaching. (CB)

The perspectives of social studies student teachers were studied and analyzed. It was concluded that teachers' perspectives are a product of a dialectical process of professional socialization. Teacher educators should reevaluate the purpose and function of education courses and field experience experiences. (JD)