The hypothesis that newly appointed deans experience a "honeymoon" when faculty expectations are very high was explored in a study of 163 teacher education institutions. Faculty members did anticipate a change in institutional mission and more help in getting outside funds from new deans. Strategies for veteran deans are suggested. (PP)

Information presented at the July 1982 annual conference of the South Pacific Association of Teacher Education is noted. Research topics include: (1) cognitive interactions of student teachers of social studies; (2) teachers' perceptions of their students; (3) attitudes of principals and graduates toward preservice teacher education; and (4)…

Articles and documents from the ERIC databases are cited which emphasize trends likely to affect education in the 1980s, and which project possible futures for the field. Social change, student needs, and demands likely to be placed on the schools are described. Several documents relate specifically to the future of teacher education. (PP)

Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO president, speaks out on the importance of education in a democracy and on the declining support for public schools, and reaffirms the labor force's traditional support for equal educational opportunity. Future workers must be ready for service-oriented and technological occupations; they need the best education possible.…

Commenting on an article (Journal of Teacher Education, Nov-Dec 1982) by Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO, the author of this article points to a need for better communication between teacher educators and groups such as business, labor, and cultural organizations. Key questions about education in the future are posed. (PP)

This paper reports changes in the professional knowledge, general knowledge, and communication skills components of the National Teacher Examinations and explains validation procedures. Research efforts to: (1) establish the tests' credibility and usefulness; (2) identify factors the tests measure; and (3) study their relationship to effective…

Two aspects of the teacher testing issue are discussed: (1) reasons for assuming that teachers should be tested; and (2) domains in which testing might occur. The effects of testing on teacher quality and public opinion are discussed. Ways that teacher educators can use their influence to improve teacher quality are suggested. (PP)

Forty secondary school teachers were asked about their attitudes toward student teachers. The cooperating teachers' responses about why and how often they accepted student teachers, whether they regarded student teachers as peers, and what characteristics they valued most in student teachers are summarized. Their advice to student teachers is…

The views and actions of five preservice teachers who taught reading in a special practicum (with no cooperating teachers) were studied to determine how that experience affected the views they espoused after taking a methods course in reading. The student teachers' views did change; researchers suggest that reading methods courses be integrated…

A survey of faculty at seven schools, colleges, and departments of education in different parts of the United States was taken to clarify the academic role of education faculty. Results indicate that education faculty have rich and varied teaching experiences, characteristics, and scholarly achievements. (PP)

When elementary school teachers become learners in staff development activities, they have special needs: (1) practical and concrete instruction; (2) individualized instruction; (3) extended practice time; (4) approval to modify and adapt new techniques; (5) site or team involvement; (6) instructors with teaching experience; (7) professional…

Teacher training programs should permit elementary teachers to specialize in either language arts/social studies or mathematics/science, and prepare them for employment in departmentalized teaching situations. Advantages of such an approach are discussed, as are changes that would be required both at the elementary school level and at teacher…

Reports are made of research on: (1) attitudes of preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and high school students toward the teaching profession; (2) effects of a teacher supervision model on teacher performance; (3) student teaching and teaching anxiety; (4) practice teaching and creativity; and (5) elementary school teacher attitudes toward…

Documents in the ERIC databases dealing with multicultural education and teacher preparation are listed. The documents report on multicultural education efforts at teacher training institutions that involve study abroad, community-based projects, ethnic studies programs, language immersion activities, and strategies for integrating multicultural…

The reform of the nature and content of secondary school teacher preparation programs is advocated in an examination of four key assumptions: (1) Secondary school teachers must be content specialists; (2) Secondary school teachers must teach by lecturing; (3) All students are the same; and (4) Secondary school teachers are best socialized to…