Initial teacher preparation students (n=74) completed Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOM-EIS) and Identity Style. Factor analysis using all EOM-EIS subscales and four Identity Style subscales yielded five factors that explained 76% of variability in correlation matrix. Findings support theoretical speculation concerning process…

A study of 54 technology education majors and 35 other education majors found the following: 84% of technology and 91% of other majors owned computers; there was little difference in computer use by major or class level; technology majors used drafting and presentation graphics significantly more; and differences were more related to age than to…

This paper is based on a recently completed three-year research project undertaken with staff and students at one department of education studies in a university in England. We explored the reasons given by students for enrolling in a degree-level programme in Educational Studies, reviewed their experiences and perceptions during their studies and…

This paper reports on the teaching of reflective thinking skills to a cross-cultural class of school of education students. The paper relates the cultural constraints and cross-cultural responses brought to light by the process of instruction and by the reaction of students to a course on the Holocaust. The goal of Multicultural Education is to…

This study determined whether or not there were certain aspects of cognitive/personality style which affected prospective teachers' choice of rule-example order in teaching mathematics. Seventy undergraduate elementary education majors were given the Paragraph Completion Test which measures conceptual level and the Group Embedded Figures Test…

Gives examples of what advanced education students remember about four facets of their own reading instruction--concepts of the construct "reading," early instructional techniques, development of their interest in reading, and qualities they liked and disliked in their teachers. (JM)

A sample of 578 bachelor of education students randomly chosen from three Nigerian universities were surveyed during the 1982-83 school year to determine the social origins of student teachers in Nigeria. Findings are presented. (Author/MT)

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 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)

This article describes how teacher education is affected by evolving law, especially when the teacher is called upon to communicate evaluative comments about a trainee in the form of letters of reference, telephone recommendations, or submissions for placement files. (Author/PB)

The extent to which the expectancy of a teaching demand influences learning results was studied with 36 education majors who learned from worked-out examples with or without the expectation that they would have to teach similar examples. Teaching expectancy decreased the superficiality of studying the worked-out examples. (SLD)

This study portrays Christian elementary preservice teachers' practical arguments based on their religious beliefs in an attempt to develop a relational view of teaching and learning science in a curriculum and instruction course. Concludes that science educators must be sensitive to these beliefs and assist teachers to study the teaching of…