No one stakeholder group can realize lasting change on their own; nor can any reform initiative focusing on just one type of strategy create the workplace conditions needed to truly build capacity within the education profession. Rather, stakeholders must focus on collaborating, reaching common understanding, and prioritizing for ultimate impact…

The educational media competencies identified as most important by Alabama student teachers, the competencies they feel that they possess, and the relationship between perception of competency level and importance was investigated for majors in five programs: special education, N-12 certification, elementary education, early childhood education,…

Historically, teaching has been considered an art, not a science, and therefore not subject to scientific analysis. However, there now exists a body of knowledge and a fresh set of conceptions about teaching upon which to base teacher education. Recent and numerous advances in pedagogical knowledge can now be used to provide teacher education with…

In the spring of 1981 the School of Education at the University of Kansas announced that students matriculating subsequent to that date would have to meet the requirements of a new teacher education program of 162 hours spread over five academic years. The decision to initiate an extended teacher education program culminated several years of…

A teacher's academic preparation is crucial to classroom performance. Answers nine frequently asked questions about teacher education so that board members may be better able to act responsibly in making personnel recommendations. (MD)

Policies now being enacted by many states to reform teacher education include testing, alternate routes to certification, scholarships and loan forgiveness, incentives, and overhauling certification packages and institutional standards. However, these policy initiatives are not likely to provide many lasting benefits, based on performance to date.…

As the public expresses concern over teachers' qualifications to teach academic subjects and as arts and sciences faculty show renewed attention to the public schools, the responsibility for teacher education is being interpreted as one belonging to the entire university. One approach to this interpretation--based on the assumption that what one…

This survey was requested by the National Commission on Excellence in Education to provide input from schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDE's) on improving the quality of teacher education. Survey questions sought information on preferences for recommendations to make curriculum more rigorous, raise entrance criteria, and extend…

A growing perception among those who have examined teacher education programs is that such programs, particularly those aspects that occur on campus, have not met expectations. Proposals for innovation in teacher education are not in short supply. What is most problematic is incorporating such changes into the institutional life of faculties of…

A response is given to the recommendation of the Georgia Governor's Education Review Commission that the grade point average (GPA) requirements for admission to undergraduate teacher education programs in Georgia be raised from the present 2.5 to 2.7. Brief summaries are presented of five studies dealing with the relationship of GPA for admission…

The University of California, its campuses, and their individual schools and departments of education have substantial responsibilities for providing research, training, service, and leadership in the field of education. The responsibilities of the units differ. As yet, however, none is fully meeting its obligations to improve education. Part I of…

This study reviews various assessment and evaluation models, used in Kenya's colleges, for determining teachers' competency and discusses techniques and strategies for improving supervision, assessment, and evaluation of student teachers during their teaching practice. Various ways to improve the handling of teaching methodology in college are…

In the first part of this presentation, a critique is made of teacher education in general, pointing out the fact that schools of education are resigned to accepting academically weak students and have a limited definition of good teaching. A narrow view of the teacher's role is also cited, as well as teacher educators' resistance to change. The…

This document reports on New York meetings attended by over 200 teacher educators and liberal arts and science faculty, teachers, administrators, and New York State Education Department policymakers to consider the implications of the research findings and recommendations presented in "Teachers for Our Nation's Schools" by John I.…

This paper describes the reform processes in teacher education in Tennessee over the past ten years. The decade of school improvement efforts, which culminated in 1984 with the passage of the Comprehensive Education Reform Act (CERA), is discussed. The paper presents: (1) a summary of action taken between l975-80; (2) an account of the action…