This is a script that was designed for a set of mediated materials intended to introduce the concepts which are basic to competency-based teacher education (CBTE). The materials consist of 115 35mm slides, a 22-minute cassette audio tape, and this script. Each page contains two columns: one for visual descriptions, the other for audio. The audio…

This paper describes a cooperative program among the public schools, local Parent Teacher Associations, and the Auburn University Education Department in Montgomery, Alabama. In the program, Auburn University students were enrolled in block courses in the areas of language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science and worked from four to six…

This study details the main activities that pre-student teachers were scheduled to engage in while in the Exploratory Field Experience Program at the University of Iowa. Its primary purpose was to investigate the effect of an undergraduate exploratory field experience (pre-student teaching) course on the attitudes held by prospective teachers. The…

This report describes the Work-Study Project--Services to the Aging at the University of Denver. The project was designed to sensitize students in their understanding of the role and functioning of older people in a changing social structure and through a field work and academic program, to acquaint students with the occupational and professional…

Commencing in 1970, the Teacher Education Department of Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont embarked on a restructuring of its entire teacher education program. The need for this revision stemmed from severe concern on the part of faculty members, public school officials, and students that the traditional way of training teachers was not doing…

The Vermont Teacher Corp is an experiment in field-centered, competency-based teacher education, utilizing performance criteria to measure progress of the individual student intern. Much of the intern's time is spent in school-community service; course work is done through consultation and independent study. Main objectives are a) to develop and…

This document describes the Central Minnesota Teacher Education Council (CMTEC), a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation whose purpose is to promote the improvement of teacher education with emphasis upon student teaching internships, and research. Membership of the Council is made up of representatives from each of the public school districts that…

This document reviews the competency-based teacher education movement (CBTE). The first portion discusses the definitions of CBTE. The second portion reviews the basic elements of CBTE: individualized instruction, personalization of instruction, student involvement, effective management systems, and a field-centered approach. Criticisms of CBTE…

The University of Tennessee--Clinch-Powell student teaching project was a cooperative effort between the College of Education at the university and the Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative. The project was designed to accomplish three goals: a) meeting the needs of university students who desired to learn about the unique characteristics of rural…

Describes a program at the University of Northern Colorado which provides undergraduate students in education with experiences in public school classrooms prior to teaching. (PCB)

Several milestones in the emergence of field experiences for education students are recounted. (JD)

Direct feedback from classroom pupils assists student teachers in improving their teaching methods and behaviors. (JD)

Early field assignments, mass placements, and placement in private sports schools are discussed as supplements to traditional college-classroom based learning experiences. (MJB)

Describing the social work field practicum at Memorial University in Newfoundland, this article details a creative response to a rural and quasi-urban environment where there is a scarcity of formal professional resources. The approach is identified as a collaborative one between agencies and communities with resource persons as field instructors.…

An archeological field program developed at California State College in Pennsylvania has been restructured to appeal to students as an elective. Four objectives are included: primary research, scientific investigation of culture, portrayal of prehistoric and historic life styles of man, and recognition of cultural ecology. (LBH)