Greatly increased emphasis on field experience/cooperative education programs is being proposed at a time when the assimilative capacity of work organizations to absorb the learners in those programs is under question. Research on assimilative capacity and availability of positions for learners at various stages, federal financial support for…

This paper discusses an intensive professional development program designed by a science education specialist in conjunction with university science research professors demonstrating quality science teaching practices for secondary teachers in a contextual setting. The intensive professional development model was designed using research based,…

This study investigated high school students' perceptions of becoming an educator, discussing how this plays a role in the conditions of education today. Participants were high school seniors attending the South Texas Independent School District Teacher Academy, which offers students the opportunity for numerous hours of field experience in…

This paper discusses the need for social workers to commit themselves to working with persons with developmental disabilities and the need for social workers to gain expertise in the field of developmental disabilities. Problems within the social work profession and the field of developmental disabilities that have prohibited the meeting of these…

This paper discusses the development and implementation of a project designed to provide faculty at Western Carolina University (North Carolina) with field experience in public schools. According to the paper, the project focused on team-teaching a high school sophomore so that the professors could learn from the student about the real world of…

This 9-month intrinsic case study followed 2 preservice teachers as they learned to teach literacy in 2 consecutive, field-based methods courses. Analysis of data from surveys, dialogue journals, observations, conversations, e-mail notes, and telephone conversations showed a recursive yet distinct hierarchical progression in the preservice…

The author tells how she approached community agencies to procure existing counseling services and to implement new ones. She also opened channels of communication between various groups (among residents, between housing management and residents, etc.). Retarded high school students became involved in meeting needs of the elderly and an adoptive…

This paper outlines a training program in behavior modification consultation. Undergraduates with little or no background in psychology were trained in behavioral interviewing and operant behavior modification program design. Discussion includes the issues of screening, training procedures, and the effects achieved in actual consultation by the…

A practical approach to the improvement of medical information systems in small hospitals is described. This plan combines the training of library managers through a preceptorship experience with the loan of a demonstration collection of basic books and indexes to the journal literature and a vigorous on-site consultation program. (5 references)…

Describes a five-day, five-station oceanographic cruise off the coast of southern California designed to provide practical field experience for college students enrolled in marine science courses. (JR)

Description of a project developed by the Program for Action by Citizens for Education (PACE) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. (SP)

A summer field school in the lower Illinois River Valley is designed to provide students with clinical training in archaeological excavation and analytical methods. The multi-disciplinary training is unique in the United States. (Author/JB)