Alternative models for curriculum for the training of educators. (MM)

This investigation inquired into Phase I and, to some extent, Phase II of the USOE Comprehensive Elementary Teacher Education Models Project, in which ten sets of specifications (program models) for elementary teacher training were developed using systematic planning procedures. The inquiry was designed to identify procedures for increasing the…

The practices and technologies of educating can be described in terms of models for solving curricular and instructional problems. These models constitute the technology of education and from them training programs for teachers, curriculum-makers and materials-procedures can be selected. (Author)

This report reviews the literature that is pertinent to a broad understanding of the teacher center concept and to the specific problems of designing a teacher center. Emphasis is placed on the origins, themes, methods of operation, and future plans for teacher centers. The origins include the revolution in teacher training underway in England,…