The total teacher-training program must take into account the needs of the teacher as well as realistic expectations as to further training, school facilities, hours to be taught, etc. Within this context, the methodology course will illustrate and synthesize the general aims of the training, as well as providing specific training in technical…

The document is introduced by a summary of goals, activities, participants and other aspects of the institute. Chapter two, Background of Urban Adults, presents highlights of five lectures: African Heritage; Discovering Negroes in American History; Development of Urban Communities; Motivational Characteristics and Values of Urban Adults; and…

Triple T, a graduate project to educate (train) teacher trainers, allows participants to view the schools as a total system and gives educators a means of training people to change that system. It offers an opportunity to develop an alternative means for graduate education. An important element in this program is parity. While parity is more a…

Included are reports on seven case studies that identify the strategies used by projects to accomplish their goals and the context surrounding the change process in each project. The case studies are summarized in a final section and are organized around goals; organization and management; communicating skills and knowledge to trainees; trainee…

The concept of team supervision with its concomitant differentiated staffing was developed to administer a Boston University-Lexington Public Schools partnership in teacher education and to provide a model for a training program in supervision for doctoral students in teacher education. The role of each member of the university team -- program…

The Task Force Meeting on Advanced-Level Workshops for Teacher-Educators, held in Tokyo, examined the preparation of teachers for innovative education in the developing Asian region. Asian educators reported innovative practices and experiences in their own countries. Some major concerns: democratization of education; providing access to…

The basic question addressed in this monograph is whether credentialing the preservice or inservice school based teacher educator is necessary and/or desirable. To study this question, a series of related issues were posed and investigated: (1) Is there a need for credentialing? (2) What institution would award the credential, and should…

NCLEnotes is published twice yearly by the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education and the Center for Applied Linguistics. Volume 8 includes the following articles: "Speaking of Pronunciation" (MaryAnn Cunningham Florez); "NCLE Coordinates ESL Research Priorities"; "Reading in English"; and "A Standards Sampler." The regular features,…

To enhance the students' prospects for attaining leadership positions, school of education faculty should involve its graduate students in research. Strong educational foundations for prospective educators include coursework in the disciplines of philosophy, psychology with a biological orientation, and a survey of sociology, political science,…

The successful establishment of a purpose-built innovative school designed to support new ways of teaching and learning in the senior secondary years, particularly in the area of science and mathematics, required a comprehensive and research-based professional development policy and program. Planning professional learning opportunities for the…

This paper looks at issues subsumed by the phrase "learning to teach" that have implications for the design and conduct of teacher education. The first section lays out a temporal perspective by examining the times and places of learning to teach. The second section brings together disparate strands of research on the learners of…

This publication is one of two prepared for a South Asian colloquium on issues related to teacher training in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This volume includes four papers presented at the conference. The papers present an analytical view of both policy and practical measures on teacher education. The first paper, "The…

A study was done to determine the relationship between student satisfaction with the Educational Leadership department graduate study program at Western Michigan University, and the time the students had been in the program. The study used a Student Satisfaction Scale that measured faculty characteristics, student participation in the program,…

This paper documents a small group discussion about the preparation of teachers for urban students with disabilities. The paper reviews data on the incidence of limited English speaking students in urban areas, changes in the racial composition of urban schools, and the increasing incidence of low-income families. Other issues in urban education…

Microcomputers are becoming increasingly available in education, especially in secondary education. It is estimated that in 1980, 50 percent of secondary schools had at least one microcomputer or computer terminal available. Within 3 years, there may be 400,000 microcomputers in secondary schools and 50,000 secondary teachers with computing as…