The relationships among teaching experience, gender, and selected factors involved in qualitative skill analysis were explored in addition to the effects of systematic analytical instruction. Prior to and after 30 hours of instruction, 31 experienced physical education teachers and 29 physical education undergraduates were administered the Utah…

In recent years, teacher education curriculum has become more focused on the "back to basics" issue of teaching, encouraging teachers to manipulate students and classroom environments to attain one goal: academic learning. Critics claim this narrowing of the teacher education process has led to negative social consequences where children…

This study examined whether increased exploratory field experiences affected the perceptions and evaluations of secondary school student teachers at Indiana State University. Studied were 238 student teachers who were simultaneously undergoing two different professional preparation programs: 154 were in a program requiring only one field…

An individualized internship program was developed for a 22-year-old college senior and elementary education major at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College (Indiana). The student had shortcomings in the areas of confidence, poise, classroom management skills, and discipline skills. The internship lasted 8 weeks and required the student to teach in the…

This report provides information on the characteristics and progress of the Teacher Corps '79 project activities conducted by the University of Arkansas in the Pine Bluff School District. Progress is noted in the areas of: (1) master's degrees for Teacher Corps interns in elementary and secondary education; (2) intern courses completed in…

Teachers have different job skills, knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and concerns at different points in their careers. A number of these characteristics follow a regular developmental pattern. Three stages of teacher career development have been identified, with different developmental characteristics at each stage. In the survival stage, which…

Self awareness is a key element in the effectiveness of teacher performance. To a large extent, however, individual psychology and the growth process have been neglected in the preparation of teachers. Four guidelines can aid prospective teachers to gain strengths they will need in the classroom. The first is increasing student teachers' autonomy…

The Teaching Events Stress Inventory was designed to measure the degree of stress caused by thirty-six events associated with the teaching profession. The inventory was completed by 4,934 elementary and secondary school teachers employed by the Chicago Board of Education. Event one on the inventory, the first week of the school year, was given an…

This publication, part of the Professional Development series, focuses on teacher development programs. An overview of present programs indicates the need for educational innovations, a continuous link between preservice and inservice programs, a renewed concern for performance skills, and field experiences that reflect the reality of teaching.…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS INTERCORRELATIONS AND FACTOR ANALYSES OF ITEMS FROM THE TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY. THE CORRELATIONS AMONG SELECTED ITEMS FROM THE 102-ITEM TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE WERE COMPUTED TO (1) DISPLAY THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS, (2) DOCUMENT THEM FOR OTHER RESEARCHERS, AND (3) SERVE…

THE 1962-63 HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S ORGANIZATION REPORT FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND SURVEY RESPONSES FROM 84.2 PERCENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHERS WERE USED AS DATA FOR THIS STUDY. OF THE 547 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 480 OFFERED INDUSTRIAL ARTS. ALL 95 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OFFERED INDUSTRIAL ARTS. GENERAL WOODWORKING WAS…

Substitute teaching should be a common topic for university teacher education courses. Many new teachers will use substitute teaching as a route toward gaining a full-time position. A program is described in which student teachers participated in actual substituting experiences. A relatively simple procedural switch of students was arranged late…

RESEARCH IDENTIFIED CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE GIRL SCOUT VOLUNTEER TRAINERS AND DEVELOPED CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS. TWELVE PROBLEM SITUATIONS, SECURED THROUGH A CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE, TESTED EVALUATIVE JUDGMENT AND WERE SCORED FOR PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION. FORCED CHOICE QUESTIONS TESTED CONTENT VERSUS GROUP ORIENTATION.…

This report describes the Maclay On-Site Training Project (MOST), a project (at Maclay Junior High School in Los Angeles City School Districts) directed to focus the attention of teacher trainees upon language problems of the educationally disadvantaged child and to bring about improvement in pupils' language skills. The rationale for the project…

A new interinstitutional instrument for cooperative teacher preparation and curriculum development is needed, preferably to "emerge from a partnership of the old institutions with universities taking leadership under the encouraging sponsorship of state departments of education." A "cooperative clinical teaching center" would focus on both staff…