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Mahan, James M.; Lester, Frank K. – 1974
The relationships between rankings of student teachers' effectiveness and the student teachers' and supervising teachers' satisfaction with a year-long student teaching program were assessed. Three independent rankings of student teachers were obtained from (1) 85 student teachers, (2) 46 supervising teachers, and (3) 10 university personnel. In…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Participant Satisfaction, Student Teacher Supervisors, Student Teachers
Mahan, James M. – 1974
Three special field-based student teaching projects at Indiana University which include on-site course work are briefly described. Data are presented that indicate that education majors at the university: (a) enroll in demanding, multiculturally oriented student teaching programs; (b) request and accept out-of-state placements in ethnic minority…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Education Majors, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Supervisors
Mahan, James M.; Lacefield, Warren E. – 1976
The purpose of the two studies reported in this paper are (1) to extend knowledge about the effects of longer field experience with multiple role models (supervising teachers) upon student teachers' value orientations toward education and schooling; and (2) to document the effects that the student teaching experiences have upon the educational…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Attitudes
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Mahan, James M.; Stachowski, Laura L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1989
Interviews with 32 British and Irish supervisors of U.S. student teachers produced several suggestions for improving the preparation component of overseas practicum placements. Suggestions related to planning and preparation for teaching, basic teacher preparation courses, cultural preparation, content, arrangements and logistics, teacher image…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Practicums
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Loadman, William E; Mahan, James M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1987
This study investigates the relationship between the effectiveness of the supervising classroom teacher and the attitudes of the classroom and student teachers. The results indicated that teachers with highly progressive and/or highly traditional attitudes toward education tended to be perceived by student teachers as somewhat less effective…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cooperating Teachers, Correlation, Educational Attitudes
Mahan, James M.; Harste, Jerome C. – 1977
Data collected and analyzed in this study over a three-year period lend credence to the notion that professional judgment is a reliable and stable criterion variable for teacher education research. Participants included 209 student teachers, 131 classroom teachers, and 27 university teacher trainers. Student teachers were ranked according to their…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Participant Satisfaction, Peer Evaluation, Preservice Teacher Education