This article addresses the current debates about the definition and assessment of dispositions in teacher education. Competing perspectives on the definitions and assessment of dispositions in teacher education are examined and critiqued, and a renewed commitment to foregrounding the moral nature of teaching is suggested. Recommendations for…

The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of a competency-based model for the instruction of a course in reading methods for preservice education students. A secondary purpose was the development of staff personnel to teach this course, using a similar competency-based component. Evaluation of the model was based on observation of…

This project attempted to combine pre-service methods, student teaching and in-service curriculum improvement. The participants were 18 elementary classroom teachers, 22 college students, 1 Miller-Unruh teacher, 1 Title I teacher, 4 special education teachers, and a principal. The college students were assigned to one elementary (K-8) school for…

The purpose of this study was to: (1) ascertain and compare the attitudes, role perceptions, and values of entering vocational teachers with a comparable group of potential vocational teachers who have chosen not to leave their occupations and enter teaching, and (2) ascertain the effects of a 2-week preservice teacher preparation institute on the…

This study investigated means by which innovations in elementary science teaching may be efficiently diffused to classroom teachers. Selected teachers were used to adopt innovations and to extend the innovations within their schools. Subjects were drawn from 1,205 elementary teachers teaching in 112 elementary schools in western Pennsylvania.…

NONACADEMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION WERE ISOLATED AND EVALUATED. THE THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THIS STUDY WAS DRAWN FROM DAVID P. AUSUBEL'S FORMULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EGO-DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING. SAMPLE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES WERE ADMINISTERED (1) A REVISION OF AUSUBEL'S PARENT…

This study describes an intensive 10-week teacher training program for minority group college graduates prior to teaching in the public schools. The Personal Orientation Inventory and the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory were used as pre- and posttraining measures to assess attitudes and value change over the duration of the training program.…

A whole year intake of a college of education was tested near the beginning and end of their course using two tests, the Study of Values and the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory. The tests were analysed for their validity. (Author/RK)

Reports that 51 elementary teachers in this in-service training program improved in their attitudes toward children, teaching, and interpersonal relationships. (This study is based upon a doctoral dissertation completed at the University of California at Los Angeles.) (DR)

Describing results of a field-based program for an entry level course in teacher education, this article indicates six of seven teacher education classes made gains (measured via pre- and post-testing with the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory) at the .001 level and one class made gains at the .05 level. (JC)

The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory was administered to 138 students at the College of Education. The results suggest that development of favorable attitudes in prospective teachers may be facilitated by providing teacher trainees with internship experiences throughout their enrollment in teacher education. (Author/SE)

The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI), the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS), and the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) were administered to 183 undergraduate students enrolled in teacher education courses. The MTAI was compared with each of the two personality instruments by canonical analysis. Concludes that teacher's…

Study supported by U.S. Office of Education contract OE-6-10-309 under the provisions of the Cooperative Research Program.

The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) and the Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF) were administered to 395 undergraduate teachers-in-training. The MTAI and the 16PF contained three related factors accounting for 41 percent of their total variance. It was concluded that teachers' attitudes toward their pupils are determined…