Traditional remedies for attracting competent people to teaching will probably fail. Along with the usual recruitment of career teachers, the field should attempt to recruit undergraduates in the liberal arts and sciences whose long-term career goals are undecided, thus forming a domestic educational peace corps composed of short-term teachers.…

Michigan State University education majors were asked about their backgrounds, career aspirations, and perceptions of the teacher's role. Their responses are discussed, and their tendency to discount pedagogy and to value enhancing student esteem over student achievement are viewed with concern. (PP)

A study investigated: (1) academic qualifications of female education majors; (2) how they compare with females in other academic programs; (3) career-choice shifts during college; and (4) whether females unsuccessful in other programs choose education as a last resort. Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, grade-point averages, and other measures of…

The University of New Hampshire's five-year teacher education program attracts students who are academically able and compare favorably with students in other graduate departments. The program is described, and information about students' attitudes and aspirations is given. (PP)

Criteria for admission to graduate programs in teacher education were surveyed to determine, in part, the extent to which adjustments are being made for minority and non-English-speaking students. Admission requirements at 178 schools, colleges, and departments of education are reported. Few respondents cited use of nontraditional screening…

Literature and research on inservice teacher education strongly suggest that traditional inservice, which rewards teachers who obtain advanced degrees and credits with salary increases, has no logical or empirical justification. School districts should assume responsibility for inservice training and should develop and fund these programs…

The issue of salary benefits for advanced degrees has long needed reexamining, but to make cost effectiveness the dominant criteria in evaluating university-based inservice teacher education is limiting. The benefits of lifelong professional development, which responds to educators as developing adults as well as improves classroom skills, are…

Two central aspects of the teacher-testing movement are addressed: (1) assumptions that form the basis for the prescription that teachers should be tested; and (2) the various domains in which testing might take place. Recommendations for teacher education institutions concerning appropriate use of competency testing are given. (PP)

The Handicapped Experience Project trains preservice secondary classroom teachers to appreciate differences in students' abilities and adjust teaching to individual needs. The project, at La Salle College (Pennsylvania), offers coursework and a practicum, designed jointly by special education and secondary education faculty. (PP)

This annotated bibliography, selected from the ERIC databases, concerns characteristics of preservice teachers. Studies summarized compare academic achievement of education majors with that of students in other fields and investigate personality traits, attitudes, and other attributes of future teachers. Other studies focus on admissions critera…

Three possible futures for teaching and for teacher education are projected: (1) Teacher education colleges will become the chief source of professional preparation and development; (2) Teachers will respond to the workplace primarily through collective action; and (3) The states will control ends, means, and markets. Cooperation between teachers…

Efforts to reform teacher education are traced, and the need for a prestigious, permanent national body to bring educational constituencies together is proposed. Such an organization could work on national education problems, set certification standards, and do long-range planning on difficulties such as fluctuations in teacher supply and demand.…

Data from studies of productivity and funding at colleges and universities show that teacher education is seriously underfinanced, in part because of the ways that university administrators allocate money provided under state funding formulas among their departments. Options for a more equitable distribution of funds are suggested. (PP)

Professors of methodology and curriculum in teacher education are the most effective conduit to bring research findings to the practitioner. More involvement of methods teachers in research funded by the National Institute of Education, particularly in reading research, would have a greater effect on classroom research. (PP)

Minimum state standards for secondary school teacher certification are compared with standards set by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). General and professional education requirements are reported. Inconsistences…