Programs that prepare elementary teachers have a daunting responsibility -- they are readying the people who will teach children reading and numeracy, build a foundation in STEM and social studies subjects, all while providing many children's first introduction to formal schooling. By rising to this challenge, programs may also help a more diverse…

A model for training teachers to deal effectively with gifted children is proposed. Three levels of training are delineated to meet the needs of the classroom teacher, the cluster/resource teacher of the gifted, and the gifted program administrator. Content and program design are outlined. (MSE)

Tells briefly how one becomes a teacher in England, describing the various teacher-training facilities and the complex problems connected with the obtaining of a degree. Considers the questions of reforms in teacher training, and numerous other aspects. (IFS/WGA)

Reported are two approaches to inservice teacher training. In the defect approach, inservice training is viewed as compensating for teacher weaknesses. The approach advocated is the growth approach designed to help teachers become more sensitive to and improve upon what's happening in their classroom. (Author/DS)

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education requires institutions to include in their reports identification and documentation of their knowledge bases, and explanation of their curriculum design. This article details steps institutions can take to meet these requirements and provides guidelines for writing the report. (IAH)

Discusses the content and processes for initial-year-of-teaching programs. Suggests and describes the study of teaching cases as an approach for such programs. (RJC)

Guidelines that offer a model plan of study to provide candidates for teacher certification in psychology with sufficient knowledge to teach in secondary schools are presented. All secondary psychology teachers should have a thorough understanding of the empirically based principles of behavior and of the evidential approach to the study of…

This paper traces the historical development of the middle school from its beginnings in 1893. It presents philosophical background for the middle school concept and compares middle schools and junior high schools. Psychological theories underlying the middle school are discussed, including the theory of the period of "transescence" between…

Reports on research done in an ethnographic fieldwork style conducted on teacher preparation programs and discusses the contradictions that preservice teachers encounter in conceptions of curriculum. Includes extensive references. (MD)

The Untied Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Competency Standards for Teachers (ICT-CST) project aims to improve teachers' practice in all areas of their work, combining ICT skills with innovations in pedagogy, curriculum, and school organization. It is also aimed at…

The evaluation criteria from the 1987 National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accreditation standards were used as the basis for the design of professional preparation programs. A series of models are shown, which progress from an overview model to eight more specific sub-models. The design is intended to be generic and can…

Provides a review of the literature and a description of programs in teaching assistant training, and in training teaching assistant educators, in foreign languages. (AM)

Low national reading achievement scores and inadequate academic and certification requirements provide the fundamental rationale for extending and refining regulations concerning the amount of course work required in elementary and secondary education programs. The theoretical and practical reading backgrounds of both prospective and inservice…

The goal of the United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Competency Standards for Teachers (ICT-CST) project is to improve teachers' practice in all areas of a their work. By combining ICT skills with emergent views in pedagogy, curriculum, and school organization,…

Alternative teacher certification programs allow school districts, accredited independent schools, boards of cooperative services, and institutions of higher education to develop and implement school-based preparation for teachers. This handbook is designed to assist individual organizations and groups to develop alternate teacher certification…