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| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 1 |
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Buffie, Edward G. – 1982
A questionnaire was sent to 97 Indiana University School of Education students who had participated in the Block Program during 1980 to 1982 to ascertain their employment situations. The Block Program option, for junior or senior year students, is characterized by: (1) team instruction and program flexibility; (2) articulated study in program…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Buffie, Edward G. – 1979
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…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Employment Interviews, Job Applicants
Download full textBuffie, Edward G. – 1976
The Block Program is one of five major options at Indiana University, Bloomington, for students preparing to become elementary teachers. The project emphasizes team approach to instruction; flexibility of program; carefully articulated work with respect to preparation in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; carefully…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Departments, Elementary School Teachers, Employment Opportunities
Buffie, Edward G. – 1980
This guide presents a step-by-step procedure for education graduates seeking their first teaching position. The job search process is broken down into five phases: arranging for transcripts and letters of recommendation, identifying job location possibilities, correspondence with schools that are likely to have positions available, the interview,…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Job Applicants, Job Application, Job Search Methods
Buffie, Edward G. – 1981
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…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Elementary School Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Flexible Scheduling
Buffie, Edward G. – 1978
A follow-up study was conducted to determine the professional status of education majors who participated in an optional training program in the last semester of their junior year or the first semester of their senior year in college. The Block Program is oriented toward actual field experience in public school using the team approach to…
Descriptors: Career Change, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Field Experience Programs
