Papers and panel discussions contained in this proceedings examine various aspects of educational collaboration and other closely related topics. Titles and authors of the papers, and subjects of the panel discussions, are as follows: (1) "A Look at the Research/Demographics: What Do They Tell us About Integrating Statewide Systems for Teacher…

This report presents an overview of educational reform proposed by several national reports before focusing specifically upon the Holmes Group goals for transforming teacher education. These goals are to: (1) make the education of teachers intellectually more solid; (2) recognize differences in teachers' knowledge, skill, and commitment in their…

Comparisons of 174 elementary education majors with 178 secondary education majors at a midwestern university revealed important similarities and differences in high school academic preparations, teaching experiences, career plans, general orientations to teaching, and educational beliefs. Analysis of responses to a 210 item survey questionnaire…

Existing four-year teacher preparation programs for special education teachers can be improved in several ways through adjustments to the current curricular and experiential requirements. General and liberal education courses should be required and spread out over the entire undergraduate years (rather than concentrating such courses into the…

The self-study of Roberts Wesleyan College, prepared for the New York State Education Department (NYSED) Self-Study is provided. The Middle States Self-Study committees were used for review and editorial purposes in the NYSED Self-Study. Information is included on: programs used in the review, curricula and awards, faculty, admissions,…

Many states are adopting alternative certification programs as a nontraditional means of preparing educational personnel and for admitting into the profession people with degrees in other fields who do not have teacher preparation. This paper clarifies the term alternative certification and establishes a definition for programs. Various…

The investigators in this qualitative study at Towson State University, Maryland, continue to examine various materials gathered from the experience of four preservice elementary teachers. Student records and journal entries, and structured interviews of students, cooperating teachers and college supervisors revealed recurring patterns in the…

This survey was designed to reveal the attitudes expressed on self-report attitude scales by student teachers toward minority populations and toward issues related to their education. Two multicultural opinion survey forms were distributed to all student teachers at Ohio State University in 1985-86. The first form contained 40 statements of belief…

This study addresses two general questions: (1) Are there characteristic differences in the ways teacher candidates with high and low levels of self-confidence think about their roles as teachers? and (2) Are changes in self-confidence from program entry to program exit likely to vary across individuals or across different facets of teaching?…

This report is an attempt to classify and interpret the new pieces of state legislation influencing the teaching occupation: how teachers are trained, licensed, inducted, and compensated. The historical basis of recent teacher reforms and the concepts of teaching that these new policies embody are analyzed. Examined are trends in state teacher…

The purpose of this study was to survey teacher training programs for teachers of the deaf, to ascertain the extent to which American Sign Lanuage (ASL) and Manually Coded English (MCE) are taught in such programs, and to solicit the opinions of university personnel on the role of ASL and MCE in the language development of deaf children. The…

Effective teaching was the focus of a great deal of research during the 1970s. Many relationships between how teachers teach and what students learn were identified. Findings emerged from studies using a wide variety of methodologies. Thus far, findings from the research on teaching have been used primarily to improve the instruction of inservice…

The first paper in this volume, "What Must Be Done to Improve Teacher Education," which consists of remarks delivered at the National Forum on Excellence in Education (Indianapolis, December 1983), notes that while a number of problems with teacher education have been identified, the proposed solutions lack the coherence and…

A reform effort in the initial preparation of teachers has focused upon extended teacher education programs. Future teachers must know academic subject matter thoroughly, have a comprehensive understanding of the principles of human development and learning, and be able to apply their education and training effectively prior to becoming fully…

The criteria listed in this manual are designed to evaluate teacher education programs in Georiga colleges that voluntarily agree to meet these standards. The standards were designed so that each institution has the opportunity to reflect its philosophy in programs offered, since most of the criteria reflect broad experiences that should be…