THE INSTITUTE PROGRAM OF ADVANCED TRAINING IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN TECHNIQUES FOR PRESENTING THEM IN ADVANCED FRENCH CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL IS SUMMARIZED. EMPHASIZING THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS THE VIDEOTAPING OF THE MICROTEACHING PERFORMED BY THE PARTICIPANTS WITH FOLLOWUP STUDY AND CRITIQUE OF THE TAPED PERFORMANCE, THE…

NEW JERSEY IS NOW REQUIRING ALL TEACHERS APPLYING FOR A SUBSTANDARD CERTIFICATE WHO HAVE NOT DONE APPROVED STUDENT TEACHING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INSERVICE SUPERVISED TEACHING PROGRAM. FOR EIGHT SEMESTER HOURS EXTENDING OVER TWO COLLEGE TERMS, THE TEACHER IS HELPED BY SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SUPERVISORS TO (1) PLAN DAILY AND WEEKLY PROGRAMS, (2) DEVELOP…

PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOUR-DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF THE DEAF COMPILED RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT TEACHER PREPARATION AFTER DISCUSSING FOUR MAJOR TOPIC AREAS. RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF STUDENTS INCLUDED RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS, TIME OF ENTRY OF STUDENT INTO PROGRAM, PREVIOUS PREPARATION OF STUDENT,…

THE PROGRAM WILL CONCENTRATE ON EXTENDING SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDINGS THROUGH THE STUDY OF SUCH DISCIPLINES AS SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. IN ADDITION, FIRST-HAND LABORATORY EXPERIENCES WITH CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SITUATIONS WILL SUPPLEMENT THE ACADEMIC…

THE FUNCTION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (TO INSURE AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF THE STATE) IS EXAMINED IN SEVERAL AREAS. THE AUTHORS BELIEVE THAT TEACHER PREPARATION CAN BE IMPROVED NOT THROUGH MODIFYING CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS, BUT BY ACTUAL VISITS TO EACH CAMPUS, ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS,…

The distinguishing feature of the secondary level language arts methods course at the University of North Florida is that all readings, assignments, and class activities are designed to promote the highest possible degree of student participation in and responsibility for the learning process. Underlying all course activities is the premise that…

This booklet is designed as a discussion document for teachers concerned with improving the student teaching experience. It is divided into two sections, discussing the role cooperating teachers and student teachers play in the student teaching field experience, and begins with an introduction describing the current status of student…

In the described early field experience program the field experience is included in the introductory professional education course that is offered during the students' junior year. The field component requires that students spend a minimum of 30 hours actively participating in a public school classroom during the semester. Emphasis is placed on…

In an attempt to establish the rank ordering of the 17 personal and professional traits identified by Lehman College as "student teacher competencies," this questionnaire was circulated to 87 student and cooperating teachers during the fall 1977 and the spring 1978 semesters. The results indicate a medium to high level of consistency in the rating…

The power relationship between the student teacher, cooperating teacher, and the university supervisor is analyzed. This triadic relationship is commonly hierarchical with a superior cooperating teacher, an inferior student teacher, and a university supervisor playing only a tangential role that is frequently reduced to corroborating the opinions…

This document consists of excerpts from the journals of the 40 student participants in the Operation Fair Chance (OFC) project. OFC is a year-long program designed to provide effective teachers for lower economic areas through involving teacher candidates in the classroom at the start of the public school semester and having them work throughout…

To extend previous research findings on the effectiveness of microteaching techniques, all 40 candidates in the 1967 San Jose State College summer elementary intern teaching program were randomly divided into 2 groups. Both groups had the same program except that 1 participated in an off-campus observation and teaching program; the other…

What it takes to be a teacher and the inherent difficulties of the teacher's situation are discussed in the introduction to this paper. The major portion of the document consists of a discussion of the preparation and development of teachers, which may be divided into three periods: (1) the pre-student-teaching period, (2) the student-teaching…

Preparation, Orientation, and Induction of New Teachers (POINT) is a program of elementary teacher education at San Diego State University. It was planned cooperatively by 55 educators who concluded that a quality teacher education program should be built around significant teaching skills, rather than around mere completion of courses. Project…

This paper offers suggestions about the content and organization of a foreign language methods course. It begins with a list of basic skills that must be taught: (1) directing a pattern drill, (2) teaching a concrete word, (3) teaching an abstract word, (4) teaching a short dialogue, (5) teaching a contrastive structure in morphology and syntax,…