In October 1997, a two-day professional in-service and strategic planning session was held by the Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, at the Littledale Conference Centre in St. John’s. Participants were members of the Faculty of Education and personnel from four provincial school districts which have a direct involvement in teacher education in this province.

At the above session a number of participants presented papers. Following the presentations, they were involved in question/answer sessions and focused group discussions. In this section of The Morning Watch, we include papers prepared by Singh, Pugh and Rose, as well as "working hypotheses" prepared by Collins & Mellor, May-Follett, Williams and Noseworthy.

The idea of "working hypotheses" comes from the interactionist perspective developed by G.H. Mead and Jane Addams. What it means is that various individuals and organizations get involved in advancing a number of solutions to social problems in order to improve society. Deegan explains that these solutions are labelled as working hypotheses "because they require constant reconsideration and re-evaluation in light of changing conditions." See Deegan, M.J. & Hill, M. (eds.) (1987). Women and symbolic interactionism. Winchester, MM: Allen & Urwin, Inc., p. 443. A number of the following papers are in effect "working hypotheses." They initiate "reconsiderations and re-evaluation" of recurrent issues relating to the internship program, the internship workshop, and student teaching.