This paper is composed of three sections. The first discusses research and the background rationale for the counselor education program at the University of Minnesota. Studies by Peterson and Brown, Harper, Brown and Pfister are included, each being concerned with the teaching requirement for counselors. The University of Minnesota's program is…

This report attempts to predict the rates of teacher turnover in the 1970s, which teachers will leave the profession, and what the effects of turnover will be on the educational personnel system. The overall termination rate has varied from six to 11 percent over the last 15 years. An analysis of recent changes in the teaching profession is used…

This document, an elaboration on "The Report of The Task Force on Teacher Education," presents extracts of most of the specific items from that report, recasts them, and elaborates on them in an effort to prepare the way for the implementation of that original report. The preparation of this document was guided by two objectives: (a) to…

This paper is an abstract of a longer paper which was read at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in 1974. It begins with a brief background discussion on microteaching and goes on to list the teaching skills which microteaching develops. A brief summary of the research on microteaching is then given. The abstract…

This study details the main activities that pre-student teachers were scheduled to engage in while in the Exploratory Field Experience Program at the University of Iowa. Its primary purpose was to investigate the effect of an undergraduate exploratory field experience (pre-student teaching) course on the attitudes held by prospective teachers. The…

Utilizing data from the Texas Education Agency's Division of Finance, Division of Research, and Small Schools Project office, information was derived on academic degrees, tenure, experience, and the rate of teacher turnover during the 1971-72 Texas Small Schools Project (137 schools). It was found that a smaller percentage of teachers has…

The University of Wyoming elementary teacher education program, Professional Semester I, is designed to relate college theory to classroom practice. Two college instructors and three university school teachers work with students in 4-hour blocks 4 days a week. The students study basic teaching methods relating to the four educative…

Teacher mobility in San Diego schools was analyzed, using a two-stage least-squares approach. It was hypothesized that the average reading ability of students at a specific school depends on the degree of teacher movement from the school. More experienced teachers are able to move to the more attractive schools which educate the high achievers.…

These recommendations cover the graduate course work for a doctorate in mathematics. A strong background is assumed of courses such as those outlined in "A General Curriculum in Mathematics for Colleges" and "Preparation for Graduate Study in Mathematics", some of which are reprinted in an appendix. This document then gives…

Article described the educational adventures of a headmaster from the United States who now spends two terms a year at an African school, Maru a Pula School, Gaborone, Botswana. Maru a Pula School is a four-year-old multiracial coeducational day and boarding school. (Author/RK)

What seems important to student teachers as they look back on the experience? Here, several share their thoughts with college supervisors and public school cooperating teachers in an after-the-fact discussion. Taking part are the same persons who exchanged ideas in the preteaching seminar reported in the August/September Instructor. (Editor)

Article showed how one day school's flexible scheduling adapted ideally to parent teachers. (Editor/RK)

Argues that the need for teachers to assume several roles is a major factor in the stress that goes with the job. (Editor)

The author, a Canadian teacher, worked regularly last year in a London comprehensive while pursuing his postgraduate studies. Explains how he found the system compared to his own. (Editor/RK)

A village primary school principal from Oxfordshire and a university lecturer from Liverpool recently swapped jobs for a week. Here is a report on the diaries they kept. (Editor/RK)