Two hundred thirty-four education majors ranging from 19 to more than 35 years filled out questionnaires describing their reasons for becoming teachers. Explanations other than altruism for choosing teaching as a career are suggested, and implications for teacher education are discussed. (MT)

Seventy-three preservice elementary teachers and 41 experienced elementary teachers in the same state participated in a study to examine whether prospective teachers measure at the same conative level as practicing teachers. No significant difference was found, and three possible explanations are offered. (MT)

Few significant differences in the beliefs of first-year education students (n=48), first-year arts students (n=36), and first-year science students (n=37) toward education, teaching, and students were found on an attitude scale constructed by interviewing 10 freshman education students. Education students tended to enter their program with…

A study determined the effects of signalling and note taking on recall of information and top level structure of text under immediate and delayed conditions. The subjects (180 undergraduate education students) were randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions--signals/notes, signals/no notes, no signals/notes, or no signals/no notes.…

A study of the learning style preferences of preservice education majors at the University of Idaho showed differences between men and women on 8 of 16 variables, between preparing for elementary and secondary school careers on 7 variables, and between students in different subject matter majors on 10 variables. (PGD)

A comparison of teacher education students in 1958 and 1970 to determine the extent to which these groups differed from each other and to speculate on the implications of such differences for education. (Author)

This article compared career preferences and leadership aspirations of elementary and secondary education majors; two tables of statistical data were included. (BB)

University students in 1971 were as positive in their attitudes toward science as a 1967 sample. There were no significant differences over time related to age, sex, religious preference, parent's education, father's occupation, academic major, or high school type. Presents data concerning the relationship of attitude toward science and student's…

English teacher-training coeds were found to be significantly more verbally fluent than a matched American sample on three measures of divergent thinking. (WY)

Results of third year of five-year survey being carried out by Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). The article is in French, with no translation provided. (RT)

Compares scores of prospective teachers on a creativity test in 1958 with scores of same people on an inventory of creative teacher behavior in 1966. (RT)

A detailed study of the nature of educators' education-related attitudes is presented. Results suggest that Kerlinger's theoretical principle that social attitudes are dualistic may need to be qualified when the attitudes studied involve the vital roles of subjects. (Author/GK)

The relative importance of objectives changes with the prevailing educational philosophy and the demands of the times. (JD)