This anthology of articles and reports on micro-team teaching (a scaled down team teaching operation usually taking place in a single, self-contained classroom with two student teachers and one cooperating teacher) is divided into three sections. Section One, "An Overview of Micro-Team Teaching," discusses trends in the preservice phase of teacher…

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) has been operating a program of service-learning in resource development for student interns, public service agencies, and institutions of higher education since 1967. The objectives of the program are: (1) to give manpower assistance to agencies concerned with economic and social development; (2) to…

In an effort to bridge the gap between theory and practice, the Education Department of the College of Steubenville initiated the Early Experience Program to operate in conjunction with the required course of study for all full-time elementary education majors. The program places freshman through senior students in the classrooms of schools…

This training program has been developed to prepare teachers for working with children from culturally diverse backgrounds by providing early opportunities for classroom experience and direct relationships with pupils, teachers, administrators, parents, and citizens in urban communities. The program is based on self-discovery and…

The trend toward alternative programs and schools results from a broader understanding by educators of the need to tailor schools to the interests and needs of young people; and to the fact that students, parents, and citizens are demanding more relevant programs in a time of constant change. Many districts are striving for a comprehensive high…

The 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Montclair State College, Montclair, New Jersey focuses on the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers for slow learners in the inner city. Twenty students participated in the 3-week field experience program. The first week consisted of on-campus seminars which explored teaching methods…

This program is the 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Western Washington State College. This performance-based, field-centered program is located in six Seattle schools (K-12) which are ethnically, socially, and economically mixed. The participants complete the program in 2 quarters and on graduation are issued a provisional…

This report describes the internship scheme in Jamaica as a terminal experience following a period spent in the teacher's college acquiring substantive knowledge of the profession. Program emphasis is placed on laboratory and field experience as well as technical competence. Major features of internship include the development of a Teaching…

The 1971 Georgia Summer Governor's Intern Program was a pilot project to determine the validity of involving college students in a community-based service-learning internship context. Stated objectives of the program were: (1) to give immediate manpower assistance, through the work of students to agencies concerned with economic and social…

The North Carolina Internship Office (NCIO) has sponsored for the past several years a service-learning program for college students. NCIO has prepared this booklet to make readily available abstracted and consolidated information about the service-learning internship model and to suggest organizational policy considerations for making…

This report evaluates the effectiveness of an experiential field study course at the University of Washington. The course, titled GST 250/350, has different goals from a traditional volunteer program in that the student's education and experience are paramount; the services he provides are secondary. The student's motivation also differs somewhat…

This paper summarizes the initial evaluation of an experimental teacher education project for juniors in mathematics education. The project was conducted in five junior high schools and five elementary schools in two quarters of the year 1970-71. In the fall quarter, each student teacher tutored an eighth grade student twice a week and spent some…

The training complex is conceived as a new kind of mechanism within which teachers will be trained with the assistance of protocol and training materials. It is to be operated by a consortium of universities, schools, and other agencies. Each training complex would be the core of an Educational Service District, which would be responsible for…

A "model approach" to teacher education specifies the development of a model of an idealized learning environment. One way to create a model as a real entity as opposed to a written document is to operationalize model classrooms that exemplify the type of instruction desired. The model described here goes hand in hand with the university-based and…

This article describes a graduate level seminar course which offers one possible preparation for the sociologist's teaching role. Discussed are the students' field experiences, and reading assignments and classroom discussions held on the theoretical and substantive issues in and functions of sociology, teaching techniques and techniques for…