This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a committee report on elementary education teachers in Finland. The committee proposed that elementary school teachers receive their training exclusively in universities. In accordance with this proposal, six Finnish-speaking and one Swedish-speaking teacher training…

This study was conducted to identify: (1) student teaching competencies in home economics which cooperating teachers could assume as their major responsibilities, (2) methods and techniques that have been effectively used and which ought to be implemented to help cooperating teachers assume responsibility, and (3) roles that three groups of…

Socialization is a part of teacher education, and discussion of the phenomena involves the ethical consequences of teacher education programs on the system of thoughts and actions of the students. The institutional structures and the individuals interact. As student teachers participate in the daily activities and events of preparation, they…

Thirty-one student teachers participated in a study of the language arts and reading module of a competency-based program at the University of Toledo, to determine the extent to which objectives were implemented during the student teaching experience. Results from an observation schedule and questionnaires completed by student teachers and…

Recognizing that more faculty time is spent in teaching than in scholarship, and that most graduate departments have provided inadequate preparation for their students to meet the type of teaching demanded by prospective hiring institutions, the author recommends the implementation of several policies to insure proper training of teaching…

Presents rationale for having preservice agriculture education students served by agricultural education clubs or societies, rather than by Collegiate Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters. He states that national and state vocational teacher organizations would not identify with irrelevant ceremonies, but rather with the students' future…

Pupils in ten primary schools were taught two lessons, separated by a two week interval, by ten student teachers. After each lesson both pupils and student teachers completed questionnaires concerning their performance and attitudes. Results of students' assessments of their teachers proved quite reliable. (Editor/RK)

For eight years, the Department of Early Childhood Education at Northeastern Illinois University has worked cooperatively with Robert Morris Elementary School in Chicago in developing and implementing a laboratory experience for student teachers in the area of play and rhythmic expression. Describes the program and evaluates its benefit for…

Describes a cross-age program in affective education to teach group process and communication skills to college students and to middle school students. The format for the undergraduate course for pre-service teachers, its field work component, and teaching techniques are described. Evaluation results and problems are discussed. (Author)

This program is based on the theory that students in education need early exposure to the classroom and is designed so that the student progresses through the professional education sequence receiving progressively more complex assignments. (JD)

Describes two lessons on ecology for elementary students developed by four ecology students at the University of Georgia. (SL)

This article suggests an alternative approach to physical education student teacher supervision in which the cooperating public school teacher is trained to supervise the student teacher in close, collaborative association with the university. Critical to this model is that both the university and public school personnel agree on the competencies…

The Bachelor of Education degree should certify general knowledge, subject matter expertise, a theoretical understanding of aspects of education, and permit the holder to apply for further professional training--an internship conducted in a school setting--that would lead to certification as a professional teacher. (DC)

Five preservice teachers' perceived sources of teaching decisions were studied as they proceeded through a secondary mathematics education methods course and through student teaching. Sources cited most often included methods course content, school textbooks, suggestions made during teaching episodes in the methods course, past teachers'…

How a teacher exchange program was instituted in the fall semester of 1975 between two institutions in St. Joseph, Missouri--the Department of Secondary Education at Missouri Western State College and the Department of Social Studies at Central High School. (HD)