Twenty-six elementary and junior high school administrators and four college teacher educators participated in a 6-week summer institute, the first phase of a program designed to improve the education of children in schools serving the disadvantaged, particularly Mexican-Americans. The program involved (1) cognitive learning, (2) practicum…

This document focuses on the role of the curriculum specialist as an advisor to interns in their attempts to acquire and master teaching skills. The curriculum specialist has responsibility for the training of interns and for determining if the intern has met all of the teaching competency objectives. The major portion of the document is devoted…

This book, comprising seven chapters, describes the TTT (Trainers of Teacher Trainers) program at the national and local levels, discusses some concerns of the program, and describes the impact of the program on individuals and institutions. Chapter 1 provides background information, including definitions and a review of TTT at the national and…

In order to update the March 1970 study of the status of the Doctor of Arts (D.A.) degree for preparing junior college and college teachers, questionnaires were sent to the graduate deans of the 288 member institutions of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States on September 15, 1971. Questionnaires were also sent to the graduate deans…

This conference report is organized to follow the conference schedule and includes edited versions of three papers, as well as of the final plenary session. The paper by Suzanne Wiggins Helburn is titled "Trends and Issues in Teacher Education in Colorado" and summarizes the trends which were indicated by a survey of the state programs.…

This monograph originated out of a concern that the development of the Doctor of Arts (DA) programs might founder on the insistence that they be of equivalent stature to the Ph.D. Some attempts at defining the DA justify this concern, for they vary so little from the Ph.D. pattern that it is difficult to determine whether university departments…

Because schools and departments of education have given too little heed to faculty development, many teachers of teachers unknowingly perpetuate sex-role stereotyping. (Editor)

Focuses on two issues in teacher education reform: (1) excellence and equity; and (2) content and pedagogy. Concludes that the United States needs teachers who foster democratic values and prepare students for effective citizenship. (BSR)

Proposes a radical change in teacher preparation that abolishes college and university departments of education and requires prospective teachers to demonstrate adequate preparation based on the courses they take and on their scores on examinations. (MD)

Describes a situation which raises problems for in-service training in teaching English as a foreign language and discusses a suggested procedure for dealing with the problem. Argues that the procedure for training the trainers should be the same as that for training the teachers and for teaching the language students. (SED)

Describes a program for early childhood educators that capitalizes on television technology to help trainees scattered all over the map. (Editor)

Describes the general status of the preparation of social studies teachers. (Author/RK)

Reports on results of an undergraduate elementary education program at Hunter College, New York, taught on premises of city elementary schools. (DS)

Describes a videotape package designed to introduce teaching strategies to prospective trainers by presenting two contrasting teaching styles for self-analysis. Three references are listed. (Author/MBR)