TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF USE OF INTERACTION ANALYSIS, MORE THAN 400 QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS. OF 186 RETURNS (46 PERCENT), 85 WERE UNANSWERED BECAUSE OF UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE METHOD. OF THE REMAINING 101, 69 COLLEGE TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, SUPERVISORS, AND ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS STATED THAT THEY HAD HAD…

TWENTY-FIVE JUNIOR EDUCATION MAJORS PARTICIPATED IN A ONE-SCHOOL PROJECT TO IDENTIFY, UTILIZE, AND EVALUATE NEW METHODS, MEDIA, AND TECHNIQUES OF TEACHER EDUCATION. THE 17-WEEK PROGRAM CONSISTED OF STUDENT TEACHING AND OBSERVATION 3 DAYS A WEEK (AND ALL OF WEEKS 13-16), AND 2 DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL CONTENT COURSES (CURRICULUM, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND…

This paper proposes eight direct and three indirect ways for college and university departments to share the responsibility for better social studies instruction through improved teacher education, principally by teaching the student how to relate the content gained in social studies courses to the teaching methods presented in education courses.…

This document presents a description of a science education program which provides experiences in the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains. The methods course has no required textbook and is an activity-oriented course, requiring students to become acquainted with three of the national elementary science projects: Elementary Science Study…

This study tested the hypothesis that education students who participate in a structured human relations laboratory will demonstrate attitudes which are significantly different from those of students trained in a traditional approach to a general methods course. Ninety-one students in three sections were randomly assigned to an experimental…

Literature concerned with the preservice preparation of elementary school teachers in science and science teaching methods, both research studies and program guidelines, was reviewed along with studies of the status of elementary school science teaching. Most reports reviewed concluded that the present teacher education programs are an inadequate…

Most social studies methods course textbooks concentrate on planning, assuming the teacher will operate as his own curriculum developer and packager. Curriculum development projects prepackage materials and often include specific instructions on how to use them. Only a few textbooks and projects incorporate selecting/adapting skill development the…

The effects on student teaching behavior of a relatively traditional, lecture-based, general secondary methods course are compared to the effects of a laboratory-oriented, competency-based course. The classroom performance of two groups of student teachers (30 of whom completed the competency-based course and 40 of whom completed the lecture-based…

The lack of substance in many methods courses stems from the lack of a systematic procedure for identifying specific teaching behaviors. Methods courses in general fail to differentiate between learning and teaching. This paper presents a paradigm which can be used for the systematic identification of effective teacher behavior. The three axes of…

This study deals with a teacher preparation program that consisted of five weeks of methods taken immediately before the interns' student teaching experience. Methods students learned current inquiry techniques including case study, simulation/role play, values clarification, and laboratory lessons. Using instruments for classroom interaction…

In this investigation to ascertain how many colleges and universities throughout the United States require prospective elementary teachers to complete a course in the teaching of reading, a questionnaire was sent to the president of each of 940 institutions. Of 916 responses received, 860 were used for data analysis. Approximately 89 percent of…

The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the effects of two modes of small-group instruction in an elementary science methods course upon the attitudes held by preservice elementary teachers related to science and the teaching of science. Eighty junior- and senior-level students enrolled in a course at Michigan State University were the…

The nature of school career education programs is briefly discussed. The organization of elementary and secondary methods courses to prepare teachers for integrating science or mathematics with career education is examined. (SD)