STUDENT TEACHING CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CONDUCT STUDENT TEACHER PROGRAMS THROUGH AN INCREASED EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION. A STUDENT TEACHING CENTER IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY JOINTLY PAY THE SALARY OF A MASTER TEACHER, CALLED A RESIDENT SUPERVISOR, WHO IS GIVEN RELEASED TIME FOR…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the achievement of students in shorthand and typewriting classes taught by a master teacher using automated instruction as compared with the achievement of students using the same method and material with an instructional assistant supervising the classroom. This…

The Art-by-Telephone program, funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, involved rural high schools in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. The program was designed to offer art instruction from a master teacher to students enrolled in high schools with limited financial resources. Instruction in art was provided by joining…

A summer program enrolled 579 talented students. Regular admit students had higher aptitude test scores and grade point averages; special admit students, who came from inner city schools, manifested creative and artistic abilities and high motivation. Courses were offered in the arts, the humanities, foreign language, language arts, math and…

Provides a short synopsis of nine research projects developed by school staff members throughout the country. They were selected by the Advisory Committee on Higher Education Relationships to compete for the Outstanding Research Presentation Award. (MD)

Reports findings of a survey of elementary school teachers' preferences regarding the criteria and processes for master teacher selection and rewards for master teachers. Although there were variations in response, teachers valued extrinsic/ancillary rewards more than intrinsic rewards (professional, collegial, and creative). (NH)

This article examines a wide range of policies recommended for teaching teachers more effectively, classifying them into four models for the reform of teacher education. Educational desirability and political feasibility are assessed, and major trends in higher education are reviewed. (MT)

In Toledo, Ohio, teacher union and school system leaders have collaborated on a controversial, but apparently effective, plan to purge the staff of incompetent teachers. It combines rigorous evaluation, training for new teachers, remediation for veteran teachers, and peer review by a corps of highly skilled consulting teachers. (TE)

This article argues for the efficacy of a critical consciousness in teacher preparation paradigms. By studying the methodological accounts of several master teachers, students can receive a theoretical grounding in and practical examples of emancipatory pedagogy in daily classroom activities. (Author/SA)

Teaching is characterized as a complex cognitive skill amenable to analysis in a manner similar to other skills described by cognitive psychology. A formal model of the process of instruction in elementary mathematics is presented and examined in light of empirical data from both expert and novice teachers. (Author/LMO)

Author distinguishes between a broad education from training for specific skills in teacher education and argues that skill learning is appropriately done on the job. (HB)

In an interview, Barbara Koppman, a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and curriculum writer, expresses her opinions on professional standards, teacher morale, teacher evaluation, the use of master teachers, professional organizations for teachers, teacher image in the media, and the school's role in solving social problems. (JN)

Two groups of migrant children were the subject of this study: the first was taught by tutors, assigned to specific children, using team teaching under the direction of a master teacher; the second received supplementary services from the school districts where they were enrolled including specialists and teacher aides. The first group made…

The structures, organizations, and reward systems required to sustain universities, their faculty, and their students preclude genuine restructuring of schools of education. One promising reform path is school-based teacher education, which locates the primary faculty expertise, curriculum-development responsibility, and budget authority in school…

Instructional behavior items on the Elementary Science Instruction Observation Instrument were used to compare preservice elementary science teachers (n=12) to exemplary elementary science teachers (n=5). Significant differences were noted in the use of communication of objectives; scientifically correct representations; rate of use of questioning…