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Download full textZeichner, Kenneth M. – 1988
This paper explores the question of the relative quality of the academic and professional components of teacher education programs from three different angles: (1) a critical assessment of several widely publicized and representative critiques of education courses with a focus on describing the variety of the criticisms and on assessing the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Higher Education
West, Brad – 1987
This study is part of a comprehensive program evaluation effort at Michigan State University. The evaluation traces the progress of students from the time they enter a teacher preparation program through five or six years following graduation. This "short-term" follow-up study was completed in the spring of 1987 and focuses on students…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Experience
Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1988
Entry level characteristics of teacher candidates who satisfied higher program admission standards at Michigan State University were compared with those of candidates who did not. The central question of the study was, "Has the introduction of the quota system altered the profile of entering teacher candidates in three general areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1988
This report presents the findings of a study group that is in the process of identifying and gathering information about currently operational programs designed to recruit minority persons to careers in education and retain students in teacher preparation programs. Descriptions of 45 promising programs are organized under four cluster headings:…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Career Choice, Higher Education, Labor Turnover
Denton, Jon J.; Smith, Nick L. – 1983
This report describes the results of a cost-effectiveness comparison of the alternative programs (education and non-education majors) available at Texas A&M University for students seeking certification as secondary education teachers. The two alternative programs leading to secondary teacher certification, the major costs associated with the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Education Majors, Educational Research
Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti. Coll. of Education. – 1988
The Collaboration for the Improvement of Teacher Education (CITE) project brought teachers and administrators from four public school districts together with Eastern Michigan University professors to design and implement a research-based pre-student teaching program. The major goal of the program was to develop reflective pedagogical thinking in…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Education Majors, Field Instruction, Higher Education
Northern Territory Dept. of Education, Darwin (Australia). – 1989
This booklet presents the proceedings of a workshop on teacher training and support for teachers working in remote rural areas. Participants at the workshop were drawn from a range of tertiary training institutions, government departments, parent groups, and other organizations. Many presentations focussed on Northern Territory case studies,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Home Schooling
Thompson, Alba G.; Thornton, Carol A. – 1989
The Illinois State University Model Middle School Mathematics Program (MSMP) described in this report is an undergraduate program designed to prepare middle school mathematics teachers. Its goals include: providing them with a strong background in relevant and updated mathematical content; helping them develop skills in the use of constructivist…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Models, Preservice Teacher Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1988
The Research About Teacher Education (RATE) project is an ongoing data collection effort to establish a reliable data base about teacher education. Thirty schools were randomly selected from institutions offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees for a total of 90 institutions. Following a long-term plan for rotating targeted respondents,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Foundations of Education, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
Clark, Paul A.; And Others – 1988
An objective of the Center for Teacher Education Evaluation (CTEE) at Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville) has been to create an evaluation model for teacher education to provide guidance for institutes of higher education. The model selected is the Accreditation Plus Model (APM). Steps covered in the model (or, steps an institution…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Cellucci, Philomena M. C.; Ragland, G. G. – 1988
A study was undertaken to consider existing, as well as hitherto untried methods, to measure competencies of student teachers in the special education fields and to assess the effectiveness of teacher training programs. The survey, conducted at a university in the Southeast, compared the self-evaluations of 32 undergraduate special education…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Miller, Damon J.; Seifert, Edward H. – 1987
A values-audit was developed and tested with randomly selected Southwest Texas State University faculty, students, professional educators, and the general population in the university's service area. A questionnaire was designed and structured to elicit information concerning perceptions of issues associated with the university's teacher education…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Education Majors, Educational Quality, Higher Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
Findings are presented from a survey conducted by the Research About Teacher Education Project. The project is devoted to collecting information about institutions of higher education that engage in teacher education, as well as teacher education programs, faculty, and students. The data in this report were culled from analyses of three survey…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Education Majors, Higher Education, Program Attitudes
Sears, James T.; And Others – 1988
Based upon a longitudinal, ethnographic study of a teacher education reform program, this paper examines the social context of, and explores the political implications for, policies and programs designed to recruit, train, and retain high-ability persons in the teaching profession. Through the economic metaphor of investment securities, this paper…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Christensen, Doran – 1987
Accreditation is one of the institutionalized forces that now affects schools, colleges, and universities. Whether regional (institutional) or specialized (program specific), this form of evaluation has become well entrenched over the past 30-60 years. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the political/economic forces in the teacher…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Change, Educational Finance, Evaluation Criteria
