This paper reviews the history of American teacher training. The teacher education program provided by Pennsylvania State University, Capitol Campus is described as an example of a present-day American teacher education program. Objectives and means of implementation used at the University are described briefly. A four-item bibliography is…

This paper describes an innovative educational psychology program at Purdue University which attempts to build upon the students' own needs and interests. Each student is responsible for establishing a specific set of objectives for the semester. The objectives, which may be formulated independently of his instructor, are based on a booklet in…

This monograph presents a general view of the results of implementation of performance-based teacher education programs (PBTE). Part I includes an overview of PBTE and a brief description of PBTE-oriented institutions selected by the PBTE committee. The overview concerns introductory information, the basic approach to implementation and an…

These guidelines for carrying out a teacher education and religion program were based on questionnaires filled out by the administrators of 15 pilot centers of the Teacher Education and Religion Project during the summer of 1956. The project was sponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Its basic objective was to…

Vocational-technical teacher education specialized programs (to develop technical expertise) as well as generalized leadership programs (for broad responsibilities) are viewed in light of population changes, technology, and manpower needs through the years. The author concludes that programs need to permit a proper balance of both types of…

Presented is a condensation of the research completed by the study commission on the Undergraduate Education of Teachers, University of Nebraska. Recommendations on the Undergraduate Preparation of Educational Personnel (UPEP) are made. Also, some points discussed as obstacles to educational change are a) accreditation, b) federal funding and…

Presented are the findings of Project Echo, a research project designed to replicate an earlier study on a supplementary instructional program for secondary level learning disabled students. Brief introductory sections cover the three major project components (the instructional curriculum, the teacher training materials, and the classroom…

The directory of institutions providing a degree program for training adult educators was developed as an essential step in making training opportunities better known to prospective students and their advisers; the population covered includes programs omitted from prior studies. A substantial portion of the document is comprised of a listing of…