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Tom, Alan R. – 1986
Highlighted in this paper are several hidden costs entailed by mandating that all teachers be prepared through 5 or 6 years of teacher education, with the professional part of that preparation occurring at the graduate level. Four areas where mandating extended preparation may lead to hidden costs are identified: (1) encouraging a focus on…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Costs
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Dai, Chifeng; Sindelar, Paul T.; Denslow, David; Dewey, James; Rosenberg, Michael S. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Few studies have addressed the effects of teacher education generally, no less the specific program elements necessary to prepare competent and caring teachers. As a result, to address teacher shortages in science, mathematics, and special education, alternatives to traditional preparation have been proposed, and their development has proceeded…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Program Design, Economic Research, Teacher Education Programs