Based on the belief that effective teacher preparation programs exist only when cooperation between participating institutions is a reality, an instrument was designed to facilitate communication and to enable participants in a cooperative teacher education program to become more aware of their own values and attitudes toward specific issues which…

This publication presents a six-year project (1972-78) funded by the National Science Foundation under the Undergraduate Pre-service Teacher Education Program (UPSTEP). The first three years of the project (Phase I) were concerned with a longitudinal study of a pilot group of prospective elementary teachers as they encountered science content and…

Prospective elementary teachers were surveyed at the conclusion of the course "Methods and Materials for Teaching Elementary School Mathematics" and one semester later at the end of their student teaching experience. The study attempted to determine if the goals and objectives of the course were met and to examine the recommended emphasis for the…

The role of the teacher is viewed as that of a decision maker and problem solver. It is pointed out that in daily work teachers must deal not only with planning lessons, selecting educational materials, initiating activities suitable for students of different abilities and motivating students, but also must deal with discipline, parent-school…

TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE VERBAL BEHAVIOR OF STUDENT TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM DOES NOT CHANGE IN RELATION TO THE VERBAL BEHAVIOR OF THEIR COOPERATING TEACHER, A VERBAL-BEHAVIORAL MEASUREMENT OF 12 STUDENT TEACHERS AND 6 COOPERATING TEACHERS WAS UNDERTAKEN USING THE OBSERVATION SCHEDULE AND RECORD FORM 3D. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE REVEALED THAT…

This paper describes the implementation of a peer-evaluation system in a college-level English methods class. Specifically, a system was developed in which the responsibility for preteaching planning sessions, observation, identification of teaching competencies, and post observation analysis of lessons was shifted to groups of three students…

Philosophy, technique, and issues of tutoring are presented to aid student teachers in sharpening tutoring, teaching, and communication skills. The establishment of a positive student self-concept and the prospective tutor's development of effective questioning techniques are two of the topics treated. A guide for volunteer tutors is appended. (LH)

The Work-Study Innovative Teaching Programme (WSITP) developed during 1975-1977 at Churchlands College in Western Australia proposes a developmental approach to continuous long-term practice teaching and concurrent related lecture experiences as a means of assisting student teachers in their search for personal meaning about teaching and about…

A report is given of the findings of a follow-up study of a field-based program for preparing preservice teachers for inner-city schools. This program moves preservice teacher education from the realm of isolated theoretical instruction toward a realistic clinical approach through the use of a professional semester format. During this semester…

Changes in student-teacher attitudes toward participation in Future Farmers of American (FFA) activities were evaluated to determine the effect of teaching experience upon 75 student teachers in agricultural education. The 32 student teaching centers in Oklahoma were categorized according to participation in FFA activities into low, medium, and…

One hundred books, articles, and papers published between 1959 and 1968 are listed in this annotated bibliography of selected documents on teacher education in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) collection. Summaries of topics with references to document numbers are included in Part 1, and abstracts to which the summaries are…

This document describes the organization and function of a school based supervision team and its role in teacher education. The teachers that comprise the team are working staff members in a secondary school. They maintain their teaching responsibilities while taking the responsibility as coordinators of the total on-site preservice program at…

The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an objective approach to supervising elementary school student teachers, utilizing observational instruments and following an interaction analysis format. The primary instrument used was the Instrument for the Analysis of Science Teaching. The focus of the instruments and format for…

The paper describes a systematic observation instrument designed to describe settings in which young children and adults interact. The Early Childhood Setting Observation Instrument (ECSOI) provides a comprehensive matrix of categories useful in describing and analyzing adult-child interactions. Adult behavior categories included in the matrix…

The Office of Teacher Education at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Buffalo Public Schools have cooperatively developed the City Teaching Center, a preservice teacher education program which integrates theoretical learnings with field-based experiences in urban settings. Personnel of the center include both university staff (two…