Guidelines for selection and professional training of the university supervisor of student teachers are presented. Also included is a summary of responses by 136 cooperating teachers to a questionnaire on effective supervision. (IAH)

This article examines selected approaches to student teacher supervision within the context of contingency theory. These include authentic supervision, developmental supervision, and supervision based on the student's level of maturity. (MT)

The Office of Field Studies at the University of Tennessee Knoxville has implemented a research-based, collaborative-interactive student teacher supervision program featuring the provision of objective feedback during the preobservation conference, observation, and postobservation conference. (CB)

The thinking styles of cooperating teachers and university supervisors were examined to identify differences between them. Results indicated that cooperating teachers exhibit significantly more "conventional" thinking than supervisors. University supervisors should make clear to cooperating teachers that student teachers must be…

A survey provides data about student teacher supervisors, concerning the duties they perform, their supervising load, academic rank, and the evaluation of student teacher supervisors. University supervisors appear to perform a dual role: On campus, supervisors work on committees, teach classes, and conduct research, and off campus, they represent…

Twenty concerns of directors of laboratory experiences for preservice students are rank-ordered. (MJB)

Investigated the supervisory beliefs of elementary and secondary cooperating teachers, noting differences in those who had and had not taken a course in supervision and differences between the beliefs of supervisors and cooperating teachers. Surveys indicated that teachers held a continuum of beliefs regarding supervisory styles. The indirect…

Student teacher effectiveness was evaluated by student teachers, supervising teachers, college supervisors, and pupils using five research questions. A discussion of results is presented. (DF)

This study reports results of a questionnaire sent to directors of student teaching field experiences. Questionnaire topics reported on include: institutional characteristics, personal characteristics, compensation, rank, promotion, tenure, research and publication, membership and participation in professional programs, institutional program…

This paper examines the preservice teacher-university supervisor relationship within the context of field experiences, with a focus on roles and relationships. After describing typical perceptions associated with the preservice teacher-supervisor relationship, the paper suggests specific ways to enhance the understanding that preservice teachers…

Describes a set of clinical supervisory practices used with preservice teachers engaged in a semester-long internship at a Professional Development School site under an alternative supervision mode. Interns work with a team of experienced mentors on-site that is immediately available for help. This model can provide improved professional…

Surveys about student teacher and student counselor supervision examined whether student practicum progress and supervisory strategies were consistent with a developmental model. Progress was consistent with a developmental model for student counselors but not student teachers. Supervision strategies for student counselors and student teachers…

Reports a study of 13 teacher education institutions that examined practices for selection and evaluation of cooperating teachers. Survey results indicated that student teacher placement procedures and selection of cooperating teachers remains relatively unchanged. The most important selection criteria were principal's recommendations and teaching…

Reports on a study that examined the relationship between supervising teachers' personal attributes and professional backgrounds and student teachers' attitudes toward their field experience. One result was an apparent relationship between the sex of the supervisor and the attitude of the student teacher toward teaching. (SM)