Followup studies of a teacher education program emphasizing active field experience in public schools revealed that graduates had a high rate of success in obtaining teaching jobs. This study was designed to find out what factors were involved in the process of hiring these students. A comprehensive forced-choice questionnaire was submitted to…

Students at Indiana University preparing to become elementary teachers were offered the option of participating in a Block Program as an alternative to the customary Early Childhood Program. Block is a professional semester for students at the end of their junior or beginning of their senior year. The characteristics of this program are: (1) team…