The Queensland Board of Teacher Education instituted a small grants scheme to encourage research into teacher education. This document contains summaries of four projects. The first, "Admission of Student Teachers Using Both Academic and Non-Academic Criteria" (Phil Meade and David Smith), investigated the performance of teacher education students admitted through a special procedure that took into account non-academic criteria. The second, "The Skills of Primary Pre-Service Teacher Education Students in Relation to Speaking and Teaching of Languages Other Than English (LOTEs)" (Gary Birch), surveyed first-year teacher candidates to see how many had studied or learned informally a language other than English and how many of these would like to teach that language in primary school. The third summary, "Desirable Characteristics of Supervising Personnel in Schools" (C. A. Yarrow and others), surveyed teacher educators, school administrators and teachers, and third-year teacher candidates to find out what characteristics were perceived to be needed by field experience supervisors. The last summary, "The Formation of Teachers of Reading" (J. W. Lennon and others), provides information about teachers' concepts of reading instruction contrasting experienced teachers, beginning teachers, and student teachers. (MT)