Teachers in developing nations must be trained to prepare their students for their future with studies relevant to the realities of their community. (JD)

The principal problems faced by teacher educators in developing countries are outlined, and some of the strategies currently being adopted are described. (JD)

An analysis is presented of classroom lessons where the behavior of the instructor and also of the small group under instruction is examined. (JD)

A teacher education program linking a three-year Bachelor of Education degree with a four-year honors course is described. (JD)

The managerial problems encountered in the merging of two schools of education are discussed. (JD)

The Victorian Day Training College curriculum and administration is examined and assessed as a background for the growth of teacher education and the development of the modern university. (JD)

An evaluation of the in-service education and training (INSET) of teachers in Britain is based on careful analysis of the characteristics of the evaluation task, target, and agent and, more specifically, upon the way in which these three factors interact in any one cell of the model. (JMF)

School focused in-service education and training (INSET) is a synthesis of course-based and school-based models. Three elements are considered: identification and definition of needs; development and execution of appropriate INSET activities to meet these needs; and evaluation. (JMF)

Three studies attempting to define teacher clarity are described. In each case students are asked to rate teacher behaviors in terms of clear or unclear behaviors. The results of each study indicate categories of characteristics of teacher clarity. (JMF)

Various aspects of independent learning are explored in an attempt to identify some salient components of independent learning. Training teachers in this strategy should facilitate a favorable pupil attitude toward learning and thought processes such as fluency, divergency, analysis, synthesis, etc., which are considered important educational…

Teachers' attitudes toward small-group teaching (SGT) as a possible alternative to the traditional presentation-recitation model of teaching is examined including three sources of influence on these attitudes--the behavioral-experimental, the environmental, and the cognitive domain. (JMF)

The Challenge of Change teacher education simulation program provides opportunities for preservice teachers to analyze and follow up broad issues frequently experienced by classroom teachers. The objectives are a widening of the range of attitudes to educational issues and encouraging decision making on educational issues based on reasoned…

The role and structure of the "Open University" in Great Britain reflects basic social changes and attitudes. (JD)

Three case histories are presented demonstrating the use of microteaching in teacher education programs. (JD)

A discription is given of how the "miniteaching" format of instruction in teacher education improves and extends the microteaching concept. (JD)