A program in which each participant learns about education through his or her own involvement in the education process itself was the objective of a four class teacher education experiment in the College of Education, New Mexico State University. (Editor/PG)

Pressure for competency based teaching and the need for models of teacher effectiveness for teacher education prompted this research on the influences on cognitive and affective learning. The results indicate that teacher personality is an influence and that during the elementary years the affective domain is more important than the cognitive.…

In this essay the author questions the rationale and requirements for teacher preparation of elementary-secondary and college instructors, points out the disparity between the two, and calls for a teacher education system that recognizes that effective teaching occurs in the same way at both levels. (JMD)

Teaching and learning experiences for graduate students planning careers as college or university teachers are presented in a seminar offered to students in a variety of disciplines. Seminar format, student assignments, and student evaluations of the current catalog-listed seminar at Colorado State University are discussed. (LBH)

Data gathered from a questionnaire survey of prospective teachers who had completed student teaching and of randomly-selected experienced teachers are reported. Areas examined were: classroom routine, teaching methods, materials and resources, planning, relations with parents, evaluation, and discipline. Implications for teacher preparation…

A project is reported in which students consurrently enrolled in a course in psychological foundations and in student teaching received a concentrated consumer's course in systematic behavior management with emphasis on application. Performance objectives are described. (LBH)

Some of the implications of the failure of graduate schools to help students find constructive solutions to societal problems are considered. This issue is seen as a crucial one since graduate students are not only teaching assistants, with a major share of the burden of undergraduate education, but become university professors and secondary…

Recent studies show that universities generally are credited with doing a good job in training graduate students in research, but not in preparing them to teach. Implications and examples of training programs are discussed. (LBH)

Comparison of competency of biology teachers in small and in large institutions. (IR)

Students preparing to teach must think of their future jobs as professional service rather than as a type of trade. (Editor/IR)

Research on the effectiveness and optimum performances of the college teacher is urgently needed to establish an adequate basis for validation of teacher evaluation. (IR)

A survey to determine why student teachers fail and what can be done to improve teacher education is discussed. Five factors of failure are identified: classroom management and discipline problems, inability to relate well with students, poor teaching methods, lack of commitment to the profession, and personal characteristics. (MLW)

The liberal arts college that gives teacher education a high priority in its purpose, that commits itself to the intellectual development of teachers through a humanistic curriculum and that values teaching for its faculty, as well as its prospective teachers, can make a significant contribution to improvement of education. (MLW)

In a study to determine the relationship between teacher effectiveness and variables related to the organization and value patterns of different schools, teacher interns rated by principals as high or low could be distinguished on the basis of their instructional decision making within the different school contexts. (JMD)

A survey of procedures used to evaluate teacher education department faculty is reported. Results indicate that procedures for evaluating teacher effectiveness and criteria for advancement are not precise; student evaluation of teacher performance is widely used, although inadequate; and accreditation does affect evaluation procedures. (JMD)