More Liberal Arts or Field Experience? Responses from the Field to Proposed Changes in Teacher Education.

Yellin, David; And Others

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More Liberal Arts or Field Experience? Responses from the Field to Proposed Changes in Teacher Education.

Yellin, David; And Others

Action in Teacher Education, v10 n3 p7-13 Fall 1988

A survey of teacher education faculty and graduate students (most were practicing teachers) in 44 colleges indicated 66 percent of faculty respondents and 81 percent of student respondents supported increased field experience to improve teacher preparation programs. Less than one-third of the respondents consistently supported increases in liberal arts coursework. (IAH)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Field Experience Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Likert Scales, Preservice Teacher Education, Surveys, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators

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