Teacher educator returns to eighth-grade classroom. Despite student learning, realizes that something is missing from lesson plans: no relationship with the students. Makes conscious effort to improve relationship. Finds classroom teaching experience provides best education as teacher educator. Recommends that all teacher educators return to the…

The graduate teaching assistantship, structured as an internship experience, provides an effective mechanism for training teacher educators. Guidelines for structuring training seminars (an essential component of the internship) are outlined in this article, as well as personal, pedagogical, and professional benefits accruing to participants. (IAH)

Thirty-eight teacher preparation programs and 65 instructional programs serving students with deafness were surveyed on leaderships needs in deaf education. More than 80% of the preparation programs indicated they had attempted to hire a faculty member within the past 3 years with 97% not satisfied with the pool of applicants. (Contains…

This study surveyed the regional cluster doctoral students in Nova University's Programs for Higher Education to determine their orientation needs and then developed a comprehensive orientation manual. Needs assessment survey forms were received from 24 regional cluster students (out of 29 survey forms sent) as well as 9 South Florida local…

These materials for workshop use are intended to enable teacher educators to describe a process for developing measurement instruments from competency statements and their related objectives; to recognize, describe, and discuss basic assumptions underlying the measurement process; and to develop behavioral indicators to be used in the assessment…

This document is a companion volume to the paper "Resources for School Based Teacher Educators" and is composed of specifications of objectives, indicators of attainment, and assessment criteria for the twenty competencies outlined in that volume. Each competency is divided into a number of sub-competencies, for which behavioral…

This monograph reviews a variety of trends and programs in the preservice and in-service training of teacher educators. Diversified instructional formats are discussed, as represented in the Keller Plan, directed study, the Stanford catalogue of teacher training products, and protocol materials. The methods of computer-assisted instruction and the…

This study was an attempt to determine whether or not it would be feasible and beneficial to develop behavioral objectives for use in methods classes. The subjects were 49 elementary education majors who voluntarily enrolled in the TTT Project at Indiana University. TTT is a government-funded project established for the training of teacher…

With the ultimate objective of creating conditions in inner-city schools that will enable children to learn, Temple University has begun a program to recruit and prepare doctoral candidates in English education, mathematics education, social studies education, and science education for leadership roles in urban education. The four components of…

A five-week summer institute for 35 teacher educators is proposed to further the improvement of undergraduate instruction in teacher training institutions. Emphasis will be on the utilization of the newer media and application of technology to education. In response to the need for a systematic approach in defining instructional problems and…

The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has developed a training program for supervising teachers as a strategic device for improving the preparation of teachers. Training activities and events derive from a "model" of the supervisory process which emphasizes the acquisition and use of specific supervisory skills, including the…

This paper attempts to identify and specify what is meant by competency. It examines the Utah and the New York Approaches and finds three levels of competence in both: categories or broad areas of competence; molar statements that depict identifiable competencies; and the breakdown of competency statements into technical, conceptual, and human…

This report summarizes information about TTT projects collected during telephone interviews with directors of TTT projects re-funded for fiscal year 1970-71. It is intended to be useful to various groups in describing, justifying, and planning for the national TTT program. A structured telephone interview was used and a copy of the interview…

Explores alternatives to the abandonment of English education doctoral programs, presents the components of a strong English education program, and describes the jobs held by graduates of the Duke University doctoral program. (DD)

Explores the issue of professionalism in music education, devoting particular attention to the definition and role of a master teacher. States that music educators must "translate" general master teacher criteria into appropriate requirements for themselves. Provides examples of this "translation" in the areas of curriculum leadership and staff…