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Download full textBrousseau, Bruce; Freeman, Donald J. – 1987
This paper describes the results of a survey of teacher education faculty that was prompted by efforts to make educational beliefs an explicit component of the curricula of teacher preparation programs at Michigan State University. The analysis sought to determine: (1) the extent to which faculty agree on the ways beliefs should be shaped within a…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Educational Attitudes, Higher Education
Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1985
Results are presented of a nationwide telephone survey of 1,200 adults --conducted from November 1984 to January 1985--that examined the public's response to secondary school reform. The public wants greater student accountability, greater teacher initiative and accountability, and upgraded curricula. Ninety-five percent of the respondents…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Public Opinion
Peer reviewedPorter, Andrew C.; Freeman, Donald J. – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
Discusses the importance of including measures of educational orientations and beliefs in the criteria for teacher certification but stresses the need for more research and refinement of such technical measures. (GC)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Professional Recognition
Freeman, Donald J.; Kalaian, Sima A. – 1987
The program evaluation design at Michigan State University (MSU) includes three surveys (entry-level, exit-level, and follow-up) that trace the progress of teacher candidates from program entry through their initial years of teaching. This report provides a comprehensive profile of students completing teacher preparation programs at MSU from fall,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attitudes, Higher Education
Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1988
This exploratory study investigated claims regarding the impact of more selective admission standards on the characteristics of students entering teacher education at Michigan State University (MSU). The quota system at MSU, set in 1986, restricts the number of candidates admitted to the program in a given academic term. Comparisons were made…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Career Choice
Book, Cassandra L.; Freeman, Donald J. – 1984
Comparisons of 174 elementary education majors with 178 secondary education majors at a midwestern university revealed important similarities and differences in high school academic preparations, teaching experiences, career plans, general orientations to teaching, and educational beliefs. Analysis of responses to a 210 item survey questionnaire…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Educational Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
Kalaian, Sima A.; Freeman, Donald J. – 1987
This study addresses two general questions: (1) Are there characteristic differences in the ways teacher candidates with high and low levels of self-confidence think about their roles as teachers? and (2) Are changes in self-confidence from program entry to program exit likely to vary across individuals or across different facets of teaching?…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Attitudes, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
