Expresses concern over the decline of doctoral programs in industrial education. Charges the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators to lead in researching the standards of excellence that can help in the retention of advanced degree programs. (JOW)

The article examines the nature of leadership, ways to make leadership at the university level more effective, university training for leaders of the gifted and talented, training gifted students for leadership, and the view of leadership as a special type of giftedness. (DB)

For the past three years, Furman University has offered training for special educators to develop skills as peer inservice providers and as peer consultants to general education personnel. By means of a personnel preparation grant, School Initiated Teacher Education (SITE) Outreach has involved 61 special education teachers, speech therapists, and…

A model for incorporating selected nursing practitioner skills at the University of Rochester School of Nursing (New York) begins the teaching of physical assessment skills with the neurological examination in the first year of the undergraduate nursing major. (EA)

The program is designed to move the state toward competency-based programs of teacher education, in which program decisions for trainees are made on the basis of demonstration by those trainees of pre-specified competencies. The strategy proposed has two major facets: to provide greater flexibility in the operation of local educational programs…

Information is provided about various aspects of the clustering activities of the TTT program for 1969-70. Specific information about the purposes, means, and outcomes of clustering is presented, as is information about the organization of clusters and the extent of parity in TTT. The data was obtained from observations of meetings by evaluation…

The careless training and placement of college teachers is discussed in this document. The role and professional demand placed on teachers in a comprehensive community college is more student oriented by the nature of their work. Three suggestions to incorporate the community college teachers' qualities and the qualities of the teacher in the 2-…

During 1967-1970, 9 faculty members from each of 2 developing institutions (Freed-Hardeman College and Lane College) engaged in a research development program that sought to train 1 person in research methodology and to offer concurrently an in-service training program to the other 8. Each group met every 2 weeks each academic year for a 2-hour…

The West Tennessee Research Development Consortium was formed to increase research potential of Freed-Hardeman College at Henderson and Lane College at Jackson. The Consortium consisted of a proposal and project designed (1) to train in research methodology 1 person on each of the 2 campuses, and (2) to offer concurrently an in-service training…

A competency-based sequence in supervision was designed, developed, and field tested with doctoral trainees over a three-year period. Evaluation revealed positive outcomes for supervisors and their student teachers as well as an impact on classroom projects involving handicapped students. (CL)

This report builds on discussions about key components of doctoral programs in mathematics education. It is organized into three parts: (1) Background; (2) Core Knowledge Expectations in Mathematics Education; and (3) Institutional Capacity Needed to Support Quality Doctoral Programs. Each element of core knowledge expectation is identified…

Provides an introduction to a series of articles from teacher educators and teacher education researchers concerning how teachers learn and acquire knowledge. Each of the nine articles addressing teacher learning and how it might be accomplished more effectively in both inservice and preservice settings is summarized. (GLR)

An analysis of data on Black doctoral recipients was done to clarify the actual trends in Black higher education. Examination of data collected by the National Research Council on new doctorate recipients found that certain disciplinary trends skew the overall picture. This analysis found that Black American doctorate recipients are highly…

This anthology is designed to be used by art education instructors who are involved in teacher training. The readings focus upon issues related to discipline-based art education (DBAE) rather than addressing it directly, because their purpose is to increase the awareness of future teachers about the sources of materials on DBAE. The articles are…