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Current performance objectives of a field-based reading education program and factors which influence their selection and revision are presented in this paper. The role of teacher educators in the determination of performance objectives for field-based course work is discussed. It is suggested that the teacher-educator must draw on experiences and recommendations of inservice programs, personal experiences and observations, and needs of children in the school where field-based work is being done, as well as on lists of performance objectives and teaching competencies which are available through the literature. The responsibility of the university professor in a field-based reading program is presented. It is suggested that the professor provide the preparatory teacher with a series of carefully selected experiences that make a real difference in later teaching performance. Also discussed is the importance of an open forum atmosphere in which the performance objectives and the experiences of the college student are freely discussed and evaluated. (WR)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert