Three survey instruments were administered to 20 preservice elementary teachers, 20 first-and-second-year elementary teachers, and 20 five-to-ten-year elementary teachers to examine job satisfaction, communication patterns, and professional concerns. Although the findings do not demonstrate prodigious differences or extreme transitions along the…

To accomplish this the article advocates more care in placing student teachers, and in training and selecting their supervisors, and in thrusting'' a student into a classroom experience. (JA)

A variety of performance experiences for the preservice teacher are provided in the prescribed visitation program. (MJM)

The secondary student teaching program initiated at Butler University is reviewed (MM)

A college mathematics education teacher relates the experiences gained from returning to high school teaching for a year. (JMF)

This article notes that student teachers often find themselves just sitting'' because they have received no training or instruction in the art of observation, the main value of which is learning to be analytically as well as actively involved in teaching. (JA)

A description of the Field Experience Program at Emerson College is discussed. (MM)

A brief report on status of state mandates for teacher testing considers: (1) the number of states that have or are establishing testing programs; (2) the type of competency testing being conducted by each state; (3) whether currently employed teachers should be tested; (4) whether such tests discriminate against minority group members; and (5)…

The authors argue the importance of examining teachers' long-range professional experience, review selected research on teacher career development, and suggest ways in which inservice teacher educators can help teachers review their careers. (MJB)

A new type of student-teacher supervision, the tutor-supervisor concept, has been initiated at Murdoch University in Australia. (SK)

The general outline of a course for cooperating teachers and supervisors in student teaching programs is presented and discussed. (JMF)

The Fulton Project seems to have reduced student anxiety regarding student teaching by providing the students with (1) a gradual introduction to the teaching process, (2) the opportunity to experiment in a no-fail situation, and (3) the support of peers, cooperating teachers, and college professors. (MM)

The Student Teacher Awareness Program at Southside High School (Muncie, IN) introduces student teachers to a variety of topics and concerns from the perspective of the classroom teacher in the field. (CB)

Expectations, often idealistic, of beginning teachers are listed and described in the areas of the teaching experience, classroom activities, teacher concerns, teacher preparation, teacher-parent-student relationships, teacher evaluations, professional status, workload, teacher administrator relationship, support services, and school organization.…

In spite of the recent emphasis in preservice teacher education on more and earlier field experiences, studies are challenging the contributions of full-time student teaching to professional growth. Although pragmatic findings favor the inclusion of field experience in teacher preparation programs, the importance of field experience has not been…