This article describes a cooperative field trip program between the Didsbury School of Education and Ulverston Victoria High School. Responses from students, pupils, and teachers are noted. (MT)

A major change currently being implemented in the curriculum of Italian primary schools is the introduction of the compulsory teaching of a foreign language. Now that the richness of dialects are recognized as an Italian resource, a foreign language will be a third language for many children. (MT)

This journal presents eight papers from a October 1983 conference on the current state of European teacher education in Kolymbari, Greece. Teacher education in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Italy are discussed. (MT)

An overview of the training of teachers for compulsory education in Spain includes discussion of: demographics; historical perspective (with emphasis on laws and recent events necessitating change in teacher training); and projects for the future. (Author/CB)

After presenting the principles relevant to the education of teachers, according to which the Israeli educational system is organized, this article examines the teacher education patterns in the various institutions of Israel. The role of ideological concepts, religious training, and political reform in the development and change of teacher…

A brief description is presented of the characteristics and structure of Malta's teacher education programs in terms of initial teacher training, inservice teacher training, and major reforms occurring during the last decade. (CB)

A literature review emphasizes the role of stress on teacher morale and leads to a description of an "inoculation" program used with beginning secondary school teachers which helps them to cope with common stressors. (Author/CB)

Inservice courses based on commonality of skills, and using management science, are an effective way to meet the present needs for and difficulties with inservice teacher education in Ireland. Examples of modules based on management science are included. (Author/CB)

An analysis is presented of a resolution made by the Council of Europe's Ministers of Education regarding upcoming challenges for teachers and how teacher education can help teachers to face them. The analysis focuses not only on the resolution, but also on the decision-making structure of the council and its use of commissioned background papers…

Examination of education majors' perceptions of their supervisors' expectations regarding their performance as student teachers were examined. Results show that supervisors did not use uniform evaluation criteria and that there was a low level of congruence between supervisors' and cooperating teachers' views on teaching practice. (Author/CB)

Observation of 10 primary school student teachers through a field experience affiliated with their one-year postgraduate training course revealed that, although the subjects differed in their conceptualization and reflection of practice, they typically progressed through three stages involving fitting in, passing assessment, and exploring.…

Analysis of the responses of 100 Israeli teachers to the Teacher Study Questionnaire revealed that, although the teachers represented diverse groups and had different characteristics, they had remarkably similar views about the nature of the teaching job and important conditions for successful teaching. (Author/CB)

A teacher education field experience which emphasizes a collaborative partnership among supervisors, student teachers, teachers, and pupils, is described. Aspects discussed include student teachers' perceptions of the course's effectiveness, course activities, and links between the university and the schools. (Author/CB)

Clinical settings are more important in teacher education than simply as arenas in which meaningful instruction behaviors are practiced. Training of teachers must be viewed as a process of induction into the classroom environment, in which the clients (students) work very powerfully on the trainees. (FG)

Two movements in American education are referred to as competency-based education (CBE). The purpose of the first is to protect traditional symbols of achievement such as high school diplomas and teaching certificates. The second builds on basic concepts of learning theory, emphasizing objectives, performance by practitioners, and learner…