Over the past five years, increased enrollment in student teaching at Portland State University has forced the School of Education to consider its current guidelines and policies for admitting student teachers. School of Education funding and faculty time are being taxed to meet the demands placed on them by increasing enrollment. This study was undertaken to provide data to determine if and how enrollment in student teaching could be limited. To do this, the study examined the existing guidelines for screening and selecting student teachers. The aim of the design was to determine if any of the existing criteria used in screening correlated with the student’s success in student teaching. If the screening criteria did correlate with the student’s success it would be strictly defined. This would then aid in limiting the number of students accepted by the School of Education to student teach. If the screening criteria did not correlate, research could begin from that point. This research could be directed toward finding criteria that did correlate. The sample selected for this study was made up of 1,409 student teachers at Portland State University from Fall Term 1966 to Spring Term 1969. The qualifications for each of these student teachers, at the time of their screening, were gathered and correlated with the scores each student received for his student teaching experience. The scores used to measure the student’s success were taken from the ratings made by the University Supervisor, who was assigned to the student teacher. These scores were concerned with four areas of the student’s experience: first, the student’s knowledge of his subject matter field, second, the student’s teaching ability, third, the student’s ability to get along with students and colleagues, fourth, the student’s professional and ethical attitudes. The data was gathered by reviewing and compiling each student’s qualifications from records on file in the School of Education. This data was transferred from the file to a data sheet which was specially designed for this study. From the data sheets the findings were grouped and tested. The general conclusion of the study was that of the current criteria used in screening, none correlated at a statistically significant level with the student’s success score. A secondary conclusion was that of the three grade point averages used in screening, the cumulative average correlated at a higher level than the other two. The interview rating used did not correlate at a significant level with the success score. Also, the interview rating did not correlate significantly when used to indicate an unacceptable or outstanding score in student teaching. From the findings and conclusions several recommendations were made in the study. One was that, the screening criteria used by the School of Education be deleted. In its place, an open enrollment policy should be adopted by the School of Education. To ease the funding and time difficulties, it was recommended that the one to sixteen ratio currently used in supervision be increased. To do this it was suggested that the clustering plan, now being considered by the School of Education be adopted as a plan of action.

This study traces the development of the Baylor University School of Nursing from its beginning in 1909 through the establishment of the baccalaureate nursing program in 1950. Primary data including official records of the School of Nursing, minutes of the Baylor University Board of Trustees, reports of the School of Nursing to accrediting agencies, and interviews of former students and deans were examined using the historical research techniques of external and internal criticism. A review of the literature that is relevant to the development of nursing education is presented in Chapter II. Chapter III presents the events in the development of the Baylor University School of Nursing. Chapter IV discusses the accreditation criteria which influenced the development of the School of Nursing. Chapter V discusses the curriculum, teaching methods, and faculty qualifications. Chapter VI discusses the people who were the most influential in the development of the School of Nursing. Implications of the study include the recognition that nursing education and nursing service have differing priorities. Conflicts between the needs of patients for care and the needs of students for education arose when the Superintendent of Nurses was responsible for both areas. Usually the needs of patients for care took priority over the needs of students resulting in long hours and less than optimum learning conditions for students. External factors played a major role in the development of nursing education by determining the needs of society for nurses and thus for nursing education. Accreditation criteria established by state and national agencies determined the standards by which the School of Nursing was judged. National accreditation had more impact on the School since higher standards were required. The leadership of the School played a significant role in the development of the professional nursing program. Leaders who had educational preparation and vision for the future of nursing education with an educational institution rather than a service institution worked to establish an improved educational system in nursing.

The School of Social Work at Portland State University has administered a Maternal and Child Health Training Project over the past ten years which has focused on two major objectives: 1) providing medically oriented social workers for the state of Oregon, and; 2) stimulating interest in maternal and child health in the field of social work. The purpose of the study was to obtain some data in order to evaluate the degree of success experienced in realizing these objectives. The study sought to determine where the 53 graduates who have been trained through the project are employed, what aspects of their jobs relate to medical social work generally and maternal and child health concerns specifically, and what components within the curriculum content that they experienced have been particularly helpful in carrying out their tasks while working in a medically related setting.

Administration and faculty are now being held accountable for the learning process in educational programs at the institutional level. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare baccalaureate graduates' perceptions of Ball State University School of Nursing's education program and employers' perceptions of those graduates. This study also examined graduates demographic characteristics such as, personal information, education, professional practice, and professional activities. Stufflebeam's (1966) CIPP Model for evaluation was utilized as a theoretical framework. A convenience sample of all graduates of 19881990 one year after graduation and 1986-1987 graduates five years after graduation and employers willing to participate completed the questionnaires and/or demographic sheet. The perceptions of graduates towards Ball State University School of Nursing's educational programs and employers'perceptions towards the graduates were examined in descriptive design.A list of names was received from Ball State University's Alumni Office. Questionnaires were coded and mailed with a cover letter and a stamped, self-addressed envelope.All participants were informed of rights as human subjects and the confidentiality of this study. A cover letter informed subjects of procedures, risks, and benefits. Ball State University's Institutional Review Board granted permission to conduct the study.The findings of this study of one and five year postgraduates lead to the general conclusion that Ball State University's baccalaureate nursing program has been successful. These findings are consistent with those found in the literature. In general, the graduates expressed satisfaction with all aspects of the baccalaureate nursing education.The findings from the instrument to measure employers' perceptions (one and five years after graduation) were positive. Approximately three fourths of employers indicated the graduates functioned at above expected levels in regards to communication, nursing, leadership skills, andprofessionalism. The graduates had a successful transition into practice, and employers were satisfied with the graduates' performances. / School of Nursing

In 2001 the then UK Government set a national target to get 50 per cent of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 into higher education by the year 2010. To achieve this goal, higher education institutions were required to deliver Widening Participation initiatives that would target under-represented groups in a bid to raise aspirations and bring them into the sector. The study that underpins this thesis was an investigation into the issues surrounding widening participation from the perspective of students in their final year of compulsory schooling. It began as a year-long longitudinal study of the students’ views as they moved towards a key transitional point in their lives. Nine students were identified from Year 11 in one school. Three were drawn from each of the following three categories or groups of students: (i) ‘traditional students’, these were students who were deemed as belonging to groups that were already well-represented in higher education; (ii) ‘non-traditional’ students, these were deemed ‘non-traditional’ in the sense that they were seen as belonging to groups that were under-represented in higher education; (iii) ‘widening participation’ students, these were recipients of a widening participation initiative delivered by their nearest university which, by implication, also deemed them as being ‘non-traditional’ in the sense that they were seen as belonging to groups that were under-represented in higher education. Each participant was interviewed in-depth three times whilst they were in Year 11; in December 2003, in March 2004, and again in June 2004. Whilst all interviews sought to elicit information about their lives at that point in time, the first interview was intended to gather relevant information about their past lives, the second a more in-depth look at their current lives, and the third focused on their future lives. Follow-up data were collected from some of the participants in 2009, 2010 and 2011. An in-depth interview also took place in June 2004 with the university’s Widening Participation Officer and the school’s Head of Year 11 and Widening Participation Co-ordinator. They are considered to be key informants to widening participation initiatives, more broadly in the case of the former, and specific to the school in the case of the latter. The thesis reports on the process through which participants were selected (or not selected) for widening participation intervention, learning identities in school and out, imagined futures, choices, and ultimately what happened to those students who were tracked beyond Year 11. Flaws in the widening participation policy agenda at the time of the main data collection period were identified as: (i) the individualization of the problem which drew attention away from the structural nature of the problem of under-representation and also from deep-rooted flaws within the education system; (ii) the lack of awareness of the longitudinal nature of the problem whereby entrance into higher education is dependent on prior learning and prior qualifications – this resulted in little or no account being taken in the selection process of widening participation-targeted individuals’ previous patterns of achievements, such that they may not be on a trajectory that makes higher education a viable option, and (iii) the valuing of non-participation in higher education. The thesis concluded by acknowledging that a new legislative framework about to be implemented in 2012 appears to be addressing some of these concerns. Issues that remain unaddressed include deep-rooted problems within the formal education system, the valuing of non-participation and of vocational training, and an appreciation that learning takes place on a trajectory.

Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University Bibliography: p. 123-126 This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The purpose of this study is to identify some of the expressed reasons why graduate students in the maternal and child health program of the Boston University School of Nursing choose nursery school as a long term placement. An additional benefit from such a study could be to look at how the knowledge end skill gained from a long term placement in nursery school can be used in nursing. / 2031-01-01

O crescente interesse, no campo da Educação, por questões relativas à formação docente tem propiciado a produção de contribuições teóricas e empíricas importantes para a compreensão das dimensões envolvidas na formação de professores. Há, no entanto, uma preocupação quanto a uma relação ainda tênue entre universidade e escola em espaços nos quais ambas as instituições estão mutuamente envolvidas, notadamente nas atividades de prática de ensino. Tal situação pode ser sugestiva das dificuldades de uma baixa permeabilidade da universidade à construção de uma relação menos hierárquica entre educação superior e educação básica. Tendo em vista tal preocupação e levando em conta o complexo cenário social e político da educação brasileira contemporânea, o presente trabalho de pesquisa qualitativa foi desenvolvido sob a forma de um estudo de caso, a partir de análise documental e de entrevistas com 34 profissionais envolvidos – pela universidade e pela escola - no contexto das atividades de estágio supervisionado em 12 cursos de licenciatura de uma universidade pública federal do sul do Brasil desenvolvidas em contexto de educação básica. Mais especificamente, a pesquisa visa a explorar concepções desses profissionais sobre a relação entre universidade e escola em cursos de licenciatura. Os resultados sugerem que o arranjo institucional – na universidade e na escola – não favorece maior envolvimento dos docentes universitários das licenciaturas com o contexto da escola e tampouco ajuda a promover uma relação mais simétrica entre as instituições e atores envolvidos. Tal arranjo reflete e produz isolamento no âmbito dessas instituições e atores, bem como dentre elas e isso, por sua vez, não contribui para aflorar o potencial formativo que ambas instituições efetivamente podem ter. Além disso, o trabalho faz um contraponto com uma situação de parceria institucional entre uma grande universidade norte-americana e escolas públicas em seu entorno, buscando discutir avanços e limitações em termos da relação entre ambas instituições. Com base nas conclusões, são apontadas algumas possibilidades teóricas e metodológicas para a problematização da relação entre universidade e escola no âmbito do espaço de transição representado pelas atividades de prática de ensino, com o fito de nortear ações formativas mais democráticas, participativas e, desse modo, social e culturalmente relevantes para os parceiros envolvidos. / The growing interest in the field of Education on issues related to teacher education has allowed for important theoretical and practical contributions for the understanding of the dimensions involved in educating teachers. There is, however, some concern about the loose relationship between university and school in contexts within which both are mutually implied, particularly in student teaching activities. Such situation suggests difficulties related to a low level of permeability of the university towards the construction of a less hierarchical relationship between higher and K-12 education. Bearing in mind such concern and taking into account the complex contemporary socio-political context of Brazilian education, this qualitative research work was developed as a case study based on the analysis of documents and on interviews with 34 faculty involved – at the university and at school – in the context of student teaching activities in 12 teacher education programs of federal public university in southern Brazil developed within the context of K-12 schools. More specifically, the study aims at exploring those professionals' views of the university-school relationship in teacher education programs. The results suggest the the institutional setting – at both the university and the school – does not favor the involvement of teacher education university faculty with the context of schools, as well as it does not help foster a more symmetrical relationship between and among either institutions and actors involved. Such arrangement both reflects and produces isolation within those institutions and actors, as well among them, and, in by doing so, does not contribute to accomplish the educational potential that both institutions may actually have. Besides that, the research counterpoises those findings with a situation of an institutional partnership between a major research university in the U.S. and public schools in its surrounding area, aiming at the discussion of improvements and limitations in terms of the relationship among the two institutions. Based on the conclusions, some theoretical and methodological possibilities are indicated for furthering the university-school relationship within the transitional or hybrid space represented by student teaching activities, with the aim of moving towards more democratic, participatory and, hence, socially and culturally relevant educational endeavors to all partners involved.

A terminal project report featuring the work of Margaret Shirley submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts.

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