The restructuring of teacher education programs must involve a collaboration between members of college faculties involved in producing educational knowledge and those who use the knowledge to train teachers. The restructuring also involves: (1) extending the teacher training period to a minimum of five years; (2) better integration of the…

Of the programs intended to help teachers maintain student discipline, the vast majority are simplistic and focus on only a few of the factors influencing student behavior. According to this chapter of "Helping Teachers Manage Classrooms," both preservice and inservice programs are needed that provide teachers with a wide range of skills, focus on…

One of the priorities of the 70's will be the preeminence of professional development for teachers already in the field. Both fiscal realities and personnel practices demand that the focus of teacher training be on inservice education. This paper considers the vital question of governance of the inservice enterprise, looking at position papers…

Examines recent changes in teacher special education certification requirements in Manitoba (Canada), the short- and long-term impact of these changes, and Brandon University's (Manitoba) attempt to support northern residents through a distance education program. Discusses the needs of northern residents and proposals to accommodate them. (GEA)

Argues that elementary school teachers should be more broadly and liberally educated. Proposes an approach to the teacher education program based on interdisciplinary considerations and using team teaching to be developed in the university. Summarizes with specific recommendations. (SD)

Explores the role that teacher competency testing has had in reducing the number of Black and Hispanic teachers, discusses related problems facing teacher training institutions and programs, and reviews proposed strategies for enabling historically Black institutions and others to better attract and prepare minorities for the teaching profession.…

Presents teachers' and students' criticisms of teacher preparation programs at the University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University, and New Mexico State University and of student teaching in particular. (SRT)

Maintains that good quality public schooling can be made available to four-year-old children if teachers are adequately trained, if teachers have adequate support, and if there is a consensus on the reason for having schools for these children. (BB)

The key to improving teacher education programs and their graduates is an integrative general education curriculum and reform in the conduct of college teaching across the disciplines, with leadership emerging from schools, colleges, and departments of education. (Author/CB)

Involvement of the teacher education community in school reform efforts is essential to effective teacher education reform. Schools of education that avoid sustained involvement in such efforts will be perceived by prospective teachers as unresponsive to or hypocritical of the critical issues of schooling. (Author/CB)

The drive to eliminate undergraduate teacher education programs raises problems. Discusses the hostile climate of opinion expressed about teacher education in many colleges and universities. (MD)

Possible options for reform of teacher education programs are suggested. Probability of these options occurring and reasons behind the suggestions are reviewed. (DF)

There are many theories on the nature of teaching. Several of the more commonly held approaches are discussed and refuted. A contextual interpretation approach which stresses the role of educational foundations is suggested. (DF)

Teacher education programs should include methods of promoting self-awareness in prospective physical educators. Suggested guidelines to help develop potential are listed, including increased autonomy; more adequate assumptions about reality, possibility, and value; improved competencies; and increased awareness and openness to experience.…

Excerpts from observers of the conference "Policies, Practices, and Research in Teacher Education: Beyond the Looking Glass" illustrate the variety of recommendations to improve teacher education and the quality of teaching that emerged during this conference. Conference observers were Hendrik Gideonse, Shirley Hord, Thomas J. Lasley, Preston…