Education traditionally has been defined as a one-way relationship between teacher and learner. However, new technologies are dramatically changing that relationship in a multitude of ways. In this article, the authors describe some of these changes and explore one example of the intersection between technology and pedagogy, describing a college…

The dean of the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts and his assistant "suggest changes in the preservice education of teachers needed to prepare teachers to help change their roles, and thus break the interlock between training institutions and public schools--which now works to prevent change. (Editor/LS)

This proposal for a model curriculum based on conceptions of performance criteria (behavioral objectives) consists of nine sections: (1) the rationale for a new professionalism in education; (2) the general structure, function, and assumptions of the proposed program; (3) performance criteria as a planning principle for developing teaching skill…

Outlines a proposed seven-year plan for fundamental and systematic revisions in major programs of teacher education. (MF)

Microteaching is a successful analytical tool because of its precision and simplicity, its low pressure approach, and the fact that it encourages experimentation. In addition, the technique is easily mediated, replicated, and controlled. (Author/JD)

Education as a professional endeavor must undergo radical changes which will institutionalize change so that it becomes an integral part of the educational structure, thereby meeting the needs of society and individual students as they arise. These priorities seem essential: dynamic definitions of and distinctions among educational roles and…

Presented is a description of a new design for longitudinal comprehensive achievement monitoring. There are several components of this design which distinguish it from the usual classroom achievement testing programs - (1) a model of school learning to direct the choice of variables to measure, (2) a comprehensive set of course objectives defined…

Several potential innovations in teacher preparation are suggested as means for improving the spirit and process" of education. (JH)

Microteaching, a technique for training teachers to develop specific teaching skills through the use of a scaled down classroom situation, has proved to be not only effective but also strongly appealing to teachers. A state-of-the-art paper entitled "Microteaching: History and Present Status" prepared by the authors for the ERIC…

Microteaching is an effective teacher education technique because of its: (1) precision; (2) simplicity; (3) low pressures; (4) low threats; (5) potential for experimentation; (6) adaptability; (7) replicability; and (8) ability to be controlled. (CMJ)

This state-of-the art paper summarizes the history of microteaching's development and its rationale, the many uses of microteaching, and the research evidence on microteaching--a training procedure which has become an established element in the programs of many colleges, universities, and school districts in the education of various groups of…