Describes curriculum and field experiences for students in bereavement therapy. Counselors learn to use therapeutic models and developmental guidance skills. Field work includes visiting hospitals, nursing homes and funerals, as well as library research. (JAC)

A need has evolved for the design and implementation of a new system of teacher education that emphasizes laboratory experiences. (JD)

In the training situation, the inherent inequality of the field instructor and social work student as group cotherapists can be improved. A variety of techniques can improve the feeling of mutuality and provide opportunities for student participation in the team effort. (MSE)

Providing a supervised training experience within a public school setting for physicians in practice allows them increased comfort in the schools, more knowledge about the educational process and related health issues, and greater developmental expertise. (CJ)

Fine Arts Career Education (FACE) in Columbus, Georgia, provides high school students with experience in music, the visual arts, theater/dance, and writing through a combination of classroom learning and placement with volunteer artists in the community. This description is part of a theme issue on arts career education. (SJL)

Earthwatch, a nonprofit clearinghouse that places interested amateurs on scientific expeditions, has sent over 3,000 people to work with 350 scholars. This article describes experiences of a young woman doing archaeological fieldwork at a 300-year-old California mission. (DS)

Describing problems of the field component of a teacher education program, this article discusses: poor supervising teacher role models; inferior school programs; schools that only use college students for clerical aides; college interference in and domination of local school curriculum; and additional expense and management problems for colleges…

The author predicts that within the next five to ten years campus-based teacher education will be replaced in large part by field-based graduate level training. (CL)

Eleven higher education institutions were involved in planning, and six in implementing a national project on experiential education sponsored by NISS during the years 1974 to 1976. The developmental work, purposes of the research intended to be accomplished, and reasons for termination of the project are described. (Author/LBH)

The author's observations, based upon a recent Senior Fullbright Fellowship in West Germany, reflect educational reform of vocational education in West Germany, which advocates reducing and revamping community involvement by formalizing and integrating community experiences with formal education. The author feels a reverse strategy is needed in…

Pharmacy students in Florida may fulfill their internship requirements either by participating in this college-supervised practicum internship program or in the traditional 2080-hour internship program directed by the Florida Board of Pharmacy that requires 1,040 hours be completed before graduation. The practicum provides 400 hours. (LBH)

Group Feedback Strategy was used to evaluate data from 73 employers, 18 tutors, 156 students, and 45 graduates involved in work placements in a library and information science program. Respondents showed reasonably high satisfaction for the following characteristics of placements: teamwork experience, assessment of capabilities, training…

Investigated the teaching and learning responses of preservice teachers enrolled in a brief language arts field practicum prior to student teaching. Survey, observation, and journal data indicated that despite consistent efforts by university professors to help preservice teachers examine theory into practice during their practica, procedural…

At several intervals, 54 preservice elementary teachers in cohort learning groups depicted their images of a typical teacher, which became more realistic over time. Initial apprehension about cohort learning gave way to recognition of the benefits of peer support and collegial relationships. Students enjoyed service learning more than field…