Discusses efforts and suggestions toward nationwide acceptance of professional teacher education preparation. Takes special note of the 1969 Interstate Agreement on the Qualification of Educational Personnel. (PC)

Each state determines qualifications to teach and to provide other educational services in the schools of that state. This article supplies a list of state certification officers if one wishes to obtain accurate information about certification requirements. (Author/PC)

This article attempts to describe some things that happen to graduates of the particular kind of CBTE system that has been in operation at Weber State College during the past four years. The author presents both positive and negative viewpoints on the system's success. (Author/PC)

Employment prospects for counselors appears to have stabilized following the rapid growth period of the sixties, yet remains healthy in the seventies. Counselors and student development specialists will find it advantageous to be aware of and familiar with a variety of settings in which their competencies and skills can be used. (Author)

This article reviews the issues surrounding staff placement from three perspectives: organizational sponsorship of adult education programs, job roles held by adult educators, and the role that can be played by the placement and advisement function of college and universities. (Author)

Values clarification involves students in the information and concepts presented in their courses. This article discusses values clarification techniques for use in the teaching of social studies, English, and the humanities, at all grade levels. (Author/RM)

This article discusses ways in which elementary and secondary teachers can help students understand, cope, and deal more knowingly with hurt feelings. (Author/RM)

Educators and parents must insure that any curriculum for young children be humane and that it reflect the child's needs, as opposed to adult expectations and desires. Learning theories and the role of the teacher in a humane curriculum are discussed. (Author/RM)

This article identifies salient features of scholarship and statesmanship that are required to bring about constructive momentum from the ferment in which today's teacher educators are operating. (Author/JA)

Excerpts from a panel discussion on the Higher Education Task Force on Improvement and Reform in American Education (HETFIRE) and its report, "Obligation for Reform." (JA)

Excerpts from a panel discussion about the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). (JA)