Describes how library component in bibliographic instruction has been incorporated into existing graduate education program at Catholic University of America. Three levels of instruction--introductory (acquaint students with reference materials), seminar (use of library pathfinder on particular topic), dissertation (develop research…

All community colleges, four year institutions, and districts are invited by the Board of Regents (BoR), Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS), and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to form partnerships to design Associate of Science in Teaching Degree Programs for paraprofessionals and other educators…

To expose students to classic, contemporary, and other important literature in the field and to encourage wide reading, students were given the opportunity to self-select a text to read in addition to their usual required college text. Students were given lists of possibilities to choose from but they were free to select any text, as long as they…

The University of Utah offers four graduate courses to prepare teachers to work more effectively with American Indian students. This paper describes the development of a documentary-style, video-mediated distance learning course that, with solicited input from American Indian advisors, synthesized content from the four on-campus courses. The…

The highest levels of dissatisfaction registered by practicing rural teachers in Australia about their training were toward distinctly rural components: multi-grade teaching, rural living, and school-community relationships. School-community relationships are important, especially so in rural areas because most rural schools are the center of…

The James Report on Teacher Education and Training has been and very likely will continue to be a powerful stimulus to the debate on the future direction of teacher education. (Author)

Educational computing refers to a new interdisciplinary area of study combining the fields of teacher education and computer science education. Courses and curricula appropriate for educational computing at the undergraduate and masters-degree levels are described, along with an exemplary program at Iona College in New York. (PP)

Describes an introductory educational statistics course taught at the University of Maine using an interactive computer system for graduate students having no skills in statistics or computers. Details given include course schedule, instructions for using terminals, statistical packages and files, and a sample file and deck setup for SPSS. (EAO)

Anthropological field methods can be adapted for use by preservice teachers to help them link macro-sociological perspectives about education with practical outcomes in the schools. First-year education students analyzed information based on observation of secondary school classrooms as part of a sociologically-oriented course. (Author/PP)

Materials on content of introductory courses in education were analyzed from 81 schools of education. Fifteen topic areas were identified, seven of which received major emphasis: (1) current issues; (2) history; (3) teaching profession; (4) administration; (5) philosophy; (6) social/cultural; and (7) instructional process. There was disagreement…

A description is given of the ways that multicultural education is integrated into the undergraduate education program at the Margaret McMillan School of Education in Bradford College (United Kingdom). The aim of the program is to support interaction of distinct social groups within a pluralist society, based on mutual tolerance. (FG)

Describes a survey of instructors' and chairpersons' perceptions of the preservice training needs of two-year college social science teachers, focusing on the importance of degrees, social science training, education courses, and inservice programs. (AYYC)

Surveyed undergraduate early childhood course students to determine motivation, career goals, and perceptions of early childhood professionals and their programs. Found that understanding student beliefs and working to broaden perspectives and exposure to real-life situations were important for preservice teacher education programs. (SD)

This article identifies personal practical theories (PPT) held by a teacher educator and several of his students in a graduate curriculum course. Implications of including action research in graduate coursework for inservice teachers, student projects, and a curriculum development model are discussed. (IAH)

Many universities promote cultural awareness by directly teaching sensitivity toward cultural diversity. Because students tend to be somewhat ethnocentric, which is not consonant with the display of culturally tolerant attitudes, multicultural education can help them acquire more tolerant attitudes. The paper describes the influence of a course in…