It is hypothesized that the learning afforded by two kinds of educational experiences, standard coursework and volunteer fieldwork, can be enhanced considerably through their integration into a psychology fieldwork course which includes certain additional features designed to facilitate the synergistic process. These features include…

The University Council for Educational Administration's internal evaluation of its National Level Internship Program was designed to perform two functions. First, it was intended to help the program improve itself as it went along. This involved use of intervention methods stressing the potential for the evaluation process itself to influence what…

The general aim of the project reported here was to collect information and experience on supervision and training in higher education programs that include practical experience with clients and patients. Information was collected from a survey of the literature and by empirical studies. Another aim was to determine what problems went along with…

The purpose of this study was to follow up teacher graduates of a preservice field-based program after one to five years of teaching. Field-based activities in the program involved actual teaching for a period ranging from one to five quarters, organized at different levels--elementary, junior high, and senior high schools, and in different…

The University of Missouri College of Education and the Columbia Public Schools implemented an alternative program for the preparation of elementary teachers. The program, Humanizing, Individualizing and Personalizing Education (HIP), is offered over a three-year period, and correlates a field experience with university classroom activities. Each…

The Experimental Program in Elementary Education (EXEL) at Shepherd College in West Virginia began in 1973 with authorization by the West Virginia State Department of Education. The program was developed with the hope of producing more confident and competent teachers. EXEL provides continuous field experience from the second semester of the…

Personal interviews were conducted with 138 elementary education majors at the completion of one of the two required foundation courses which include an early field experience in the teacher education program at the University of Utah. Questions asked concerned the students' perceptions of (a) the role of the elementary school classroom teacher,…

This investigation is based on the belief that it is imperative to establish operative school-agency communication if the field instructional agency is to be an educationally focused learning experience for the student. Through the existing governmental organizations, a subcommittee was formed to work toward this objective. The subcommittee…

This study designed and implemented a program for training agency-based field instructors in a performance-oriented strategy of teaching. A training program was developed for agency teachers that introduced an adaptation of the systems approach to field instruction. At the conclusion of the seminar the learners will have: (1) participated in…

This guide assists public affairs/public administration programs in self-study. A series of major topics for exploration and a series of questions are posed for consideration by this unit, including: program goals, organization, facilities, faculty, student body, field experience, self-study of academic programs, research, public service, plans…

During 2 summer months, about 200 children (8-13), attended the primitive camp which was administered through the Children's Fresh Air Society 45 miles from Baltimore, Maryland. Every 10 days, a new group of children (primarily black) arrived from Baltimore's geographic core. The 24 camp counselors, male and female, ages 18-23, came largely from…

This cooperative program has been designed primarily for students in education and the social sciences at the four colleges of the Central Pennsylvania Consortium, to help them understand the problems of the urban environment and to challenge them to help in solving these problems during the course of the program and also in their later life. It…

In late 1969, Glassboro State College initiated a VISTA volunteer program as a further extension of the community service commitment evidenced by its yearly admission of students from disadvantaged groups on special Martin Luther King Scholarships. Although any Glassboro student (most of whom are education majors) may volunteer for the program,…

This book (paperback), developed for preservice teachers in pre-student teaching laboratory experiences at Southern Illinois University, is intended also for wider use. The first half (text section) has three parts. Part 1 includes rationale for educational laboratory experiences and discussion of student, administrator, and classroom teacher…

The Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education, a consortium of 10 colleges, initiated an experimental study of a new model for off-campus education in selected problematic areas. The model places students and faculty members in Field Study Centers-- or Beachhead Colleges --to help solve local problems through interaction between…