Examines an experiment which compares the effects of two forms of laboratory teaching experience (reflective teaching and microteaching) on student teachers' views of themselves as teachers, attitudes toward teaching, perceptions of the role of teaching, attitudes toward the type of laboratory teaching experience engaged in, and teaching…

This book was designed to be read by new teachers. The first section is devoted to a description of the Montgomery County Public Schools' new teacher orientation program, a program based on a self-improvement strategy. The program description places the emphasis on microteaching; there are weekly group meetings with a leader, but as time…

This report presents the objectives and accomplishments of the Center from April 1, 1968, to October 31, 1968. The four program areas discussed are 1) the environment for teaching; 2) heuristic teaching; 3) teaching the disadvantaged; 4) nonprogrammatic research. Each program is composed of a number of projects. The current state of each project…

This report presents the objectives and accomplishments of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching from November 1, 1968 to July 31, 1969. A section on organization and administration includes a chart of the programs and project activities, and the supportive services. The four program areas are (1) heuristic teaching, (2) the…