This study was conducted in an effort to determine what basic kinds of fears beset the freshman student who has chosen to major in education, and how effectively four years of teacher preparation alleviate these fears. (Author)

An outline is given of a programme of moral education devised for students in a college of education. Students read selected text and saw selected films, then in syndicates they examined them in relation to the basic theme of the nature of personal integrity. (Editor/CB)

An experimental group of education majors received 15 hours of phonetics instruction; auditory perception test results showed the group scored considerably higher than other students receiving no instruction. (SP)

Today's young people will find a variety of rewarding opportunities--including teaching positions--in the field of education, if they study current and projected manpower needs of the entire field, not just teaching, and plan their careers accordingly. (Author)

Differences found between the two groups suggest that greater assistance may be needed by education students than by arts and science students in making adjustments to the college environment. Similar studies elsewhere would be useful in understanding differences between these two groups and in planning of programs designed to facilitate…

Hypothesis suggested that due to class curricula differences, strong teaching career orientation would enhance upperclass student achievement but would hinder freshmen achievement. Results support hypothesis for freshmen, sophomores and juniors but not for seniors. (Author/CJ)

A report is given on the activities of physical education majors at the 1979 convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. (JD)

A collaborative group of postgraduate students in education and their supervisors identified issues related to the long completion times and high attrition rates of education postgraduates. Students felt ill prepared for research and experienced isolation, lack of resources and structure, and changed power relationships. (SK)

Explores the way that mathematics and secondary education mathematics majors read and reflected upon student-generated arguments purported to be proofs of a single theorem. Suggests that such undergraduates tend to focus on surface features of arguments and that their ability to determine whether arguments are proofs is very limited. Discusses…

A newly developed measure to identify students' preferred teaching approaches was evaluated with 175 engineering and education undergraduates at an Israeli university. Students in both fields preferred lecturers who were organized, clear, and interesting. Least favored teaching methods were information-transmission and promotion of…

Math anxiety levels and performance outcomes were compared for bilingual and monolingual community college Intermediate Algebra students attending a culturally diverse urban commuter college. Participants (N = 618, 250 men, 368 women; 361 monolingual, 257 bilingual) completed the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) and a demographics instrument.…

This research study involved the identification and categorization of critical incidents related to individuals who completed the teacher education program but did not teach in public school classrooms. The methodology of the study followed the guidelines put forth by John Flanagan's critical incident technique. This study was conducted during the…

The purpose of this study was to investigate adult singing anxieties arising within the context of a music methods course. Participants were three female elementary education majors who reported suffering from anxiety related to singing. Anxiety toward singing was evidenced through observations and participants' descriptions of cognitive, somatic,…

Elementary education majors (n=22) in a science methods course at a small liberal arts college in the U.S. Midwest were asked to write a paper about science in their own lives. Based upon their writings, the students were categorized according to the five ways of knowing described by Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, and Tarule: silence, received,…