The purpose of this investigation was to follow through the second year of teaching a group of 18 teachers who were intensely studied as part of a first-year teacher study. The group responded to a questionnaire designed to reveal changes in attitude toward the following aspects of their work: (1) discipline; (2) relationship to the school…

The development of a model that would provide organized direction in describing the "competent teacher" is discussed. In a joint effort of practicing teachers and college of education personnel, the parameters for identifying behaviors of effective teachers were established. Six areas of competency were used--intellectual, personality, teaching…

Ways of implementing educational innovations produced by research into practice in the schools are considered. It is stated that the most effective tool for accomplishing this is inservice teacher education. The characteristics of an exemplary inservice teacher education program are outlined and discussed. The suggestion is made that teacher…

This publication summarizes the proceedings and outcomes of four conferences, each of which had the same purposes: to identify, clarify, and specify the issues relevant to preparing teachers of disadvantaged youth; and to recommend substantive changes and appropriate strategies for improving the preservice and inservice education of these…

Four main considerations are basic to developing a program to prepare urban teachers: the degree to which the program is individualized, the nature of the personal models exerting influence on prospective teachers, the degree of freedom offered prospective teachers in their professional laboratory experiences, and the nature of the help received…

The Subcommittee on Student Teaching of the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Research and Service sent questionnaires to every NCA-member higher institution, exclusive of junior colleges, asking whether the institution had a teacher internship program and, if so, to provide information about the program. More than 90 percent of the…

This proposal deals with the implementation of a field oriented, performance based elementary teacher preparation program. The first section of the proposal defines intern roles, intern responsibilities, and performance goals. Section two lists expected competencies and presents the rationale for these competencies. Section three discusses the…

This paper proposes the restructuring of preservice professional laboratory programs in order to make these preservice experiences meaningful for prospective teachers of students whose racial, social, religious, and cultural backgrounds differ from the mainstream. Professional laboratory experiences are defined as learning activities in which the…

This study assesses experienced and prospective teachers' knowledge of reading and determines the contribution of such factors as professional experience, number of courses, institution at which courses were taken, class status, and student teaching. The study sample consisted of 165 elementary and junior high school teachers or prospective…

This paper reports on the first of four phases of a training session, involving 26 occupational teachers, which proposed to devise guidelines, for local leadership. Leadership was conceived as the ability to teach others so that they could teach themselves in a minimum period of time. The local aspect of this leadership was interpreted to mean…

Several determinants of the growth of bureaucracy in schools have been isolated. Proliferation of bureaucratic rules is directly related to the size of the school, but inversely related to socioeconomic status of the students. Also, as the proportion of female teachers in a department rises, the number of rules increases, even though more female…

The research conducted in this study was specifically designed to examine the changes in teacher behavior exhibited during student teaching and those behaviors exhibited during the last three weeks of the subjects' first year of teaching. The specific behaviors examined were assessed by the Classroom Observation Record (which included four…

The investigator, by means of a questionnaire, obtained data concerning sources of assistance, professional preparation, teaching assignments, and instructional difficulties of 60 beginning teachers. From these data are presented possible solutions to the difficulties and suggested recommendations for upgrading junior high school science teachers…

This study reports on the relationship between nine teacher-variables and student achievement. Student achievement was portioned out into four independent variables to be used in a multiple linear regression analysis; they were growth in understanding, growth in problem solving, growth in computation, and overall achievement. Tests to measure…

The Teacher Center at Portland Community College was established for several reasons. First, driving between campus and the out-of-town sites for student teacher supervision was too costly for Oregon State University faculty. Secondly, it was thought that the preparation of teachers should include experiences in schools outside a single local area…