The Residence Teaching Practicum Internship at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Internship in teaching at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is described in the general context of the role of the practicum in teacher education as are methods of internship or induction into teaching at the University of New Mexico, the Arizona State University, the University of New Hampshire, and the University of Alberta. Details of the full-year Residence Practicum Internship at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are given at its organizational-structural level and the work of the mentors and their interns. An evaluation of the seven years during which the Residence Practician Internship program has been implemented is presented and the benefits and difficulties for the involved institutions and individuals are given. Suggestions are made to enhance the effectiveness of the Residence Practicum Internship and its relationship to the wider perspectives of school-university partnerships in the USA and United Kingdom is considered.