This research addresses lack of student teaching preparation. There is strong evidence that beginning teachers are not trained to adequately teach students due to their lack of preparation/content knowledge. The purpose of this study is to examine the experience of beginning teachers to try to understand why student teachers are not prepared for…

Our first generation children face a loss of heritage in today's public schools. Unfortunately, the assets that one's bilingual ability brings into the classroom are difficult for educators to fully understand. Often this may happen because professionals in the field of education lack the knowledge about the need for children to maintain their…

The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare English education in small, average, and large high schools in Nebraska to determine the status of their present English course offerings and of the preservice and inservice training of English teachers in relation to their academic and professional preparation. The three procedures used to…

This study examines a program, one quarter in duration, for sophomore students at Ohio State University interested in a professional program in English education. The program had three components: field experience in a secondary school for two half-days weekly, seminars for two hours weekly, and individual counseling sessions twice during the…

The purpose of this study was to develop and field test a series of modules designed to prepare preservice education students to teach elementary-level language arts. The program included units on creativity, creative writing, listening, handwriting, and spelling. Field testing was accomplished with 37 preservice students enrolled in a language…

Teachers were asked to evaluate their competency to teach reading and to report on preservice and inservice programs in reading instruction. Since 1962, preservice programs have shifted from course-approved to competency-based teacher education. According to the teachers surveyed, college and university courses in reading were superior to other…

This study was a formative evaluation of an evolving preservice teacher education program in secondary mathematics education at The Ohio State University. The first quarter of the program was an intensive block of pre-student teaching experiences, including four weeks at an inner city school and four weeks at a suburban school along with campus…

An attempt to secure information regarding the undergraduate composition training of secondary school English teachers presently teaching in selected Pennsylvania English departments was made in this study. To collect data on the undergraduate composition training of Pennsylvania English teachers, the researcher mailed 1,005 questionnaires to 80…

The purposes of this descriptive study were to determine what changes occurred in teachers' perceptions of the reading process--as measured by the Siu Test of Teacher Perception of the Reading Process (STORP)--after instruction in miscue analysis, and to determine what changes occurred in teachers' classroom reading instruction--as measured by the…

Topics selected for the development in the modules were validated by master teachers, module development procedures were outlined, field test purposes and samples were described, field testing was performed, and results of objectives and subjective evaluations of the field testing were presented. The six modules developed specific teacher…

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine on a preliminary basis whether or not change in teaching behavior would occur as a result of selected kinds of field experiences in the pre-service education of teachers for inner city schools. The hypothesis tested was that students who have specific exposures in agencies serving inner city residents…

Teacher responses to two questionnaires provided data in a study designed to identify specific competencies of effective speech communication/drama teachers, to compare these results with the competencies recommended by the Speech Communication Association/American Theatre Association (SCA/ATA) Joint Task Force, and to explore the implications of…

To investigate what goals of mathematics education for prospective elementary teachers are important, a pool of 265 test items were constructed and presented to 50 persons in the fields of mathematics and mathematics education. They were asked to respond to the importance of each item, as a unit of content, relative to their perceptions of what is…

A major drawback in microteaching by preservice teachers is the limited availability of university supervisors to supply feedback regarding the microteaching performances. This researcher investigated the effectiveness of feedback supplied by the preservice teachers themselves. Thirty preservice teachers participated in the study. Each microtaught…

This study sought to determine how the English methods course is taught in Maryland colleges and to evaluate its effectiveness in preparing undergraduate English majors for their first years of teaching in Maryland schools. Questionnaires were completed by one methods teacher at each of 12 Maryland colleges, by one supervisor of beginning English…