Today, teacher education programs are faced with a variety of challenges. They must prepare future teachers to meet national and state standards with regard to both content and pedagogy in an era when there is increased emphasis on performance. Further, they must also help pre-service teachers learn to use technology and develop their…

The Peoria Teacher Education Program is a community-based program designed for teacher trainees planning to teach in urban secondary schools, especially those from small towns. (Authors/JA)

Describes the University of Redlands efforts, through a unique 4-week semester, to actively explore the existence of an almost extinct people, the Cahuilla Indian tribe. (Author)

The time has come when teacher preparation institutions and public school systems will need to recognize that classroom teachers are an untapped resource to be considered in the teacher education process. (Author)

Describes a noncalculus, medical physics'' course with a basic element of direct hospital field experience. The course is intended primarily for premedical students but may be taken by nonscience majors. (Author/PR)

Reviews an experimental program in clinical legal education at N.Y.U. (HS)

The home observations of the patient's interaction with his spouse and children are used to define treatment goals and to measure behavior change. Also it focuses on the therapist patient interaction on behavioral and interpersonal problems, and provides a way of involving the patient's environment in the treatment process. (Author)

Briefly describes four different programs at Ball State University. (RT)

Reports on a project combining agency and university program resources to teach teenage mothers child care and self-sufficiency, promote the healthy development of their children, and give field training to social work students. (Author/RH)

Among the strategies for teacher improvement at Des Moines Area Community College (IA) are workshops, internships, industrial work experience, cross training, and industrial visitation. (SK)

Describes a three-week interterm program at Southern Methodist University during which journalism students spend time learning at agencies and offices in New York, London, and Los Angeles. (HOD)

Discusses the benefits of early field experiences to elementary education majors. (SJL)

Discussed is a preservice teacher education curriculum involving planned field experience in assisting practicing teachers in supplementing elementary school curricula with environmental education. (RE)