A detailed description is provided of the variable general staff background (GSB), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined, the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the distribution of…

The most suitable vehicle for preparing preservice teachers for work with exceptional children is clinical experience, which include practica, field experiences, internships, and student teaching. Besides giving preservice teachers practical work experience, a well-planned and action-oriented clinical experience develops and modifies attitudes,…

For many new educational programs the key question is not about the implementation process, but about the implementation effort itself, because the key individual in the implementation process is the classroom teacher. In an urban middle school setting, the implementation of drug abuse prevention lessons of 38 teachers who had participated in a…

The need to effectively evaluate teaching performance of university faculty and a suggested approach involving a teaching dossier are discussed. Administrative decisions about the careers of faculty members have tended to be based on publication records rather than teaching evaluation. It is suggested that the curriculum vitae of a faculty member…

The development and implementation of clinical inservice for the Collier County Master Inservice Plan is described. Clinical inservice is a learning situation where the consultant and teacher are together with the pupil who is the ultimate recipient of the benefits derived from the anticipated newly acquired skills or knowledge. Clinical inservice…

This paper describes the sequence of field experiences from the freshman level through graduate experiences in the teacher program at North Texas State University. Four specific areas of the program are outlined: (1) prestudent teaching experiences in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education; (2) undergraduate field experiences…

THE ASSOCIATION FOUND THAT RESEARCH ON CLASS SIZE IS FREQUENTLY MISINTERPRETED EVEN BY EDUCATORS. IN ORDER TO CLARIFY TERMS, THIS STUDY USES THESE DEFINITIONS--CLASS SIZE IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO A TEACHER FOR A PERIOD OF INSTRUCTION, CLASS LOAD IS THE NUMBER OF PUPILS FOR WHOM TEACHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE DAILY WHERE THE TEACHER IS…

In highlighting findings from five separate studies on the characteristics of public school personnel in Minnesota, this study seeks to assist legislators, public agency staffs, school board members, and administrators in gaining a better understanding of the educator labor force as they engage in policy development and planning for the decade…

The author discusses 18 good ideas for sociology graduate students to keep in mind as they prepare to become professional teachers in the field. The first six suggestions deal with documenting teaching experience. Graduate teaching assistants should keep a file containing descriptions of specific teaching methods, grading techniques, outlines of…

A study was conducted to assess Missouri vocational home economics teachers' perceived use of instructional materials. A survey form, consisting of three sections (personal data, curriculum experience, and curriculum competencies), was sent to the total population of consumer homemaking and occupational home economics teachers in secondary schools…

This interim report (written four weeks after the program had begun operation) of the University of Connecticut's Model Program for Improving the Education of Preservice and Inservice Teachers of Elementary, Secondary, and Exceptional Children in Metropolitan Areas (Groton and New London, Connecticut) describes the procedures to date (staffing,…

The Help-a-Child Tutoring Project was designed to provide college students with practical tutor/teaching experience while also providing local school children with academic tutors. This project description has six subdivisions, which present brief descriptions of: (1) the project's recent history; (2) the organization and sequence of the program;…

Most students majoring in elementary education at Illinois State University are enrolled in the CORE Program. These prospective teachers are required to complete three on-campus unified "cores" or semesters of work which focus upon the arts, communication skills, and natural and social sciences. The fourth core or semester is devoted to clinical…

This study reports the results of a national survey concerning the current (1974) status of the certification of preschool teachers by each of the United States. Information was obtained from the certification officers of 47 states and the District of Columbia, each of whom answered a one-page questionnaire designed to ascertain: (1) how many…

This monograph consists of five papers originating from a 1974 conference entitled, "Field-Based Teacher Education for the '80's." The first paper, "Public School-College Cooperation in the Field-Based Education of Teachers (FBTE)--A Historical Perspective," by James L. Slay, focuses on how the historical development of public school cooperation…