The University of North Dakota's Center for Teaching and Learning has developed a program to help monocultural preservice teachers achieve increased understanding of others and participate in activities which expand their cultural horizons in terms of personal identification, comfort, openness, and sensitivity toward diverse cultural groups and…

Since much of the success of a student's early field experience seems to be the result of the quality and quantity of interaction with pupils and the cooperating teacher, this study examined differences in interactions of elementary and secondary early field experience students. Results are discussed. (MT)

This article offers systematic procedures for designing and conducting follow-up studies of teacher education graduates. Also offered are recommendations for formulating instrument questions and scales, determining questionnaire length and appearance, writing the cover letter, planning the follow-up reminder procedures, and comparing respondents…

Investigated knowledge and attitudes of 142 undergraduate and graduate education students at Hofstra University toward mainstreaming. Respondents expressed generally positive attitudes and placed importance on the need to know more about specified areas, while rating themselves as lacking in such knowledge. Discussed implications for teacher…

Preservice teachers should be familiar with the many instructional uses of computers. These teachers must experience the various instructional applications of computers to appreciate the potential and limitations of computers for improving the quality of classroom instruction. (CJB)

Reports the results of a survey of 215 college freshmen education majors. Discusses four of their reasons for selecting a teaching career: family influence, positive and negative examples by their teachers, experience, and personal benefits. (SB)

H. Prentice Baptiste presents personal theories on multicultural education and the role of higher education institutions in an interview with the author. The pluralistic thrust in education is discussed. (DF)

Though a student's college major provides career preparation, the liberal arts curriculum provides the student with a breadth of education. Reform of the liberal arts curriculum should be oriented toward two goals: educating students for making informed choices, and the self-development of each student. (BW)

Eighty-four undergraduate students were randomly placed into one of three treatment groups to test the effects of high, medium, and low teacher clarity (vagueness terms and mazes) on student achievement and student perception. Results indicate that clarity significantly effects achievement and perception with the medium clarity groups displaying…

Scores on the National Teacher Examinations subtest in professional education for secondary education majors were correlated with grades in courses in educational psychology, secondary methods, and test and measurement. Findings revealed that sex was a factor in the strength of the relationships; combining subgroups resulted in stronger…

This paper presents a method which can be used to obtain evidence that the concepts rated on semantic differential scales are appropriate for given study. An analysis of six semantic differential concepts, as perceived by 168 graduate education students, is presented; variations of the method are discussed. (Author/GSK)

The conceptualization of teacher role has led to the six-factor Role Dimension Profile Scale. When responses to the scale used with a Likert data collection format are analyzed, the resulting single dimension is interpreted as the teacher's "professional horizon." Implications of these results are discussed. (Author/GSK)

Social science paradigms are examined in an attempt to indicate the potential these approaches might have for students of higher education organizations. Paradigms from sociology, political science, and organizational analysis are presented. It is suggested that higher education scholars should understand and develop all three paradigms.…

A survey of 135 education majors at the University of Cyprus found they tend to reject a purely instrumental or vocational approach to higher education, believe the university and the education department have a vocational orientation, and generally are satisfied with their professional preparation. A need to reaffirm the humanistic mission of…