"Video Processes Are Changing Teacher Education" by Howard Bosley (the first of five papers comprising this document) discusses the Multi-State Teacher Education Project (M-STEP) experimentation with media; it lists various uses of video processes, concentrating specifically on microteaching and the use of simulation and critical…

Fundamental to evaluating the effectiveness of teacher education is determining whether the theory and practice of preservice training carry over into inservice teaching. Considering the large number of beginning teachers who soon drop out of teaching, it appears that they do not. Possibly teacher educators have put too much reliance on the…

To determine the extent to which new knowledge from educational research is put into practice in the classroom, a questionnaire was sent to English teachers in 13 Indiana public school systems to survey (1) the teachers' acceptance and use of selected classroom practices found in research and professional writings, (2) their awareness of the…

Data obtained from 44 vocational teachers and 519 adult students included measures of student verbal gain, manual gain, satisfaction, and persistence, and of teachers' educational level, experience teaching adults, years of trade experience, age, mental ability, subject matter knowledge, teaching style, and number of teaching techniques used. The…

Part 5 of a 6-part series of pamphlets contains anecdotes of a vocational agriculture teacher's experiences (also a State supervisor) in the area of program planning. The 12 stories, based on actual happenings, are intended for use in both pre-service and in-service vocational agriculture teacher education, and discuss encounters with the board of…

The two studies reported, on teacher reinforcement of and teacher attitudes toward children's sex-preferred behaviors attempted to clarify some issues concerning the differential treatment of boys and girls at the preschool level. The first study looked at teacher reinforcement of sex-preferred behaviors in children aged 3 to 5 years as a function…

The monograph contains followup data on the classroom and personal - professional attitude development of 112 graduates of North Texas State University in their first year of elementary school teaching. Evaluation was accomplished through principals' reports, classroom observation, and projective and self-assessment tests that measured general…

The New York State Council for Social Studies committee developed a rationale and set of specific criteria that social studies teachers should demonstrate for certification. The rationale behind the criteria is that it makes social studies teachers a more professional group and provides for the highest caliber of teacher. Each teacher is screened…

The basic problem in training teachers (teaching them what makes social institutions tick and how to relate this knowledge to present and future needs of children) has not been solved by teacher training institutions. The author's plan for a one-year social sciences training program emphasizing the project approach may provide a solution. Its…

Nine innovative programs, using different kinds of internship, are described by the students taking part in them. The Elementary Education Intern Program at Brigham Young University uses gradual immersion in school activities rather than a sudden plunge. The Sausalito Teacher Education Project is an experimental on-site teacher preparation program…

This report is a survey of attitudes on desegregation conducted by the Southeastern Regional Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the Spring of 1969. It was undertaken to help civil rights staff better understand the integration process. The staff interviewed 1230 persons involved in school desegregation in 13…

A key concept of the Michigan State University model is the clinical behavior style of the teachers it produces. Teachers are expected to approach teaching as clinical practice and to stylize a particular set of activities: describing, analyzing, hypothesizing; prescribing, treating, and observing consequences. Training in the clinical approach…

Remarks on the practice of class visitation at the college level in English courses are directed toward revealing critical weaknesses of such practice. Examples, drawn from experience, suggest that psychological damage to the instructor often results from direct classroom observation. A more successful approach to evaluation is discussed in terms…

AN EVALUATION WAS MADE OF THE SUCCESS OF A PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE THEIR SELF-CONCEPT, INCREASE THEIR LEARNING ABILITY, AND FOSTER IN THEM A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE CHILDREN AND TEACHERS AND ON THE CURRICULUM IN THE 38 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.…

Data are presented based on a follow-up study of graduate service assistants who received a master's degree in industrial education from Ball State University from 1953 through 1973. A total of 143 (97 percent) of these individuals returned usable questionnaires containing data related to their career patterns as well as evaluative data that…