This draft of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards reflects a revision that was completed by the Council's Committee on Standards over a two-year period between 1975-1977. An outline is given of the standards to be met by schools of education desiring accreditation by NCATE. The standards, effective January…

This is an annual report from a foundation whose principal goal is the development of practical alternatives to the traditional methods of educating children and training teachers. In addition to financial statements, articles are presented which describe the foundation's activities in several areas: (1) an assessment of National Follow Through,…

Argues that significant changes of attitude in the legal and social work professions, have created a convergence of interests that represents the background from which the rationale for a program of interdisciplinary education is to be derived. (Author/KE)

Sets forth a proposed university/industry/government cooperative aero educational program to combat present curriculum deficiencies in existing programs. The basic proposal urges professor/engineer exchanges, work study programs, government/industry input into curriculum and surplus equipment funneled into the educational program. (BR)

This report offers an overview of the educational system in Norway and of the selection and training of headteachers in the elementary and secondary schools. Compulsory education lasts for 9 years (for students from 7-16 years of age) and is provided by the basic school, the grunnskolen. All pupils follow almost the same timetable throughout the…

Teaching composition in a prison is different from teaching composition in a traditional freshman composition classroom. Since most prison inmates have a high school equivalency degree earned while in prison, a developmental writing course offered prior to the standard freshman composition sequence is probably necessary. Such a class may include a…

The Office of Continuing Education at Edison State Community College developed a community pre-retirement training curriculum, which was designed to make a flexible, practical, locally adaptable program available for use by corporations, chamber of commerce education committees, adult education programs, and public institutions. The objectives of…

In teaching courses on music at the secondary level, teachers should seek to broaden the horizons of beginners so that they may become more enlighted members of the audience world. Most formal courses in music at the secondary level are in the areas of music appreciation or harmony. Music appreciation usually begins with basic theory, with the…

A four-step approach to planning and implementing a physical education program for children centers on a theme, through which movement skills are developed and refined. In preplanning, a scope and sequence chart are a means of providing a general overview of the school year and the progression involved from year to year. The second step involves…

Using observation and interviews, researchers studied a small sample of Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) schools in six towns in northwest Texas to identify aspects of the schools' operations that might be applicable to public education. Interviewees at each school included the chief administrator and some teachers, monitors, and students.…

A program is described that features an integrated course sequence and a continuous field-based experience. It focuses intensively on the individual needs and growth of the prospective physical education teacher. The primary components of the program are interrelated and designed to ensure that relevant content appears concurrently and…

Three sources for school curriculum--the nature of the disciplines, the needs of society, and the needs of the individual--are described and discussed. Curricula designed upon each of these three sources are illustrated, with an emphasis upon minimizing the difference between the curriculum that is needed and the curriculum that is offered. The…

The process of curriculum development involves two phases: transformation of research findings into curriculum material by external developers and implementation of curriculum materials by teachers. In a study of the development of an eighth grade biology unit in Israel, the authors examined the characteristics of and relationships between the…

A proposal is made for a secondary teacher education program designed to help prospective teachers to function effectively with pupils in a culturally diverse society. This program offers education majors on the secondary level the opportunity to select: 1) courses which reflect and support concepts and practices in multiculturalism; 2) courses…