Finds that, among 429 senior education majors, high school teachers, and administrators in Newfoundland (Canada), there was (1) little awareness about human rights, particularly students' rights; (2) no greater awareness among social studies teachers or administrators; and (3) a wide range of opinions on specific human rights issues. (SV)

The experiences of an African-American teacher educator teaching a human growth and development course to education majors show the resistance students can exhibit to learning about cultural diversity as well as the opportunities for learning that can be fostered. (SLD)

Over 2-year period, 83 education majors who served as interns in grade 1-6 classrooms completed narrative observation instruments and conducted teacher interviews on computer usage in classroom. Results indicated that many teachers did not make reasoned decisions about how and when their classroom computer would be used, or by whom, and that…

There are indications that the new technologies could have radical implications for conventional teaching and learning processes. It notes that, in reconfiguring how teachers and learners gain access to knowledge and information, the new technologies challenge conventional conceptions of both teaching and learning materials, and teaching and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of knowledge preservice educators (N=83) have (prior to field placement) of the diverse functions of school psychological service delivery. Various aspects of the referral process, and the perceptions preservice educators hold on the importance of several functions of service delivery were of…

Noting that many preservice teachers enter required courses believing that the course is something to endure or overcome for certification, a study examined whether a reading methods course would convince students to view teaching the reading process as a vital and necessary function of content area teachers. Six classes of students (three…

How 3,741 certified pre-service teacher graduates viewed their preparation at Tennessee Technological University was examined. For 21 years the university has used an evaluation model with extensive follow-up data on graduates. A profile analysis of the subjects from 1965 to 1986 was retrospectively conducted. Using a 5-point rating scale,…

A values-audit was developed and tested with randomly selected Southwest Texas State University faculty, students, professional educators, and the general population in the university's service area. A questionnaire was designed and structured to elicit information concerning perceptions of issues associated with the university's teacher education…

Preservice teachers could conduct indepth interviews with one or more experienced teachers during the undergraduate program to obtain realistic information about the first year of teaching and the personal and professional changes teachers undergo as they continue to teach. This information would be useful to the preservice teachers in confirming…

A survey of preservice and inservice teachers in ten southeastern states was conducted to identify perceptions of teaching as a career opportunity. Differences in perceptions were calculated on the basis of sex, race, and grade level certification. Discriminating factors associated with preservice and inservice teachers were categorized on the…

This report presents the results of the program evaluation of Ball State University Teacher's College's Teachers of the Disadvantaged (TOD) program. The students in this program take special courses and have special training intended to qualify them to teach children from lower socio-economic groups. Sixty-six elementary teachers who had been…

This study was intended as a follow-up evaluation of Project COPE, a Glassboro State College program designed to provide junior year elementary education students experience in teaching culturally disadvantaged children, and to motivate them to continue this type of teaching after graduation. The procedure involved testing and collecting survey…

The purpose of this study was to provide cross-cultural validation evidence about the factorial structure, reliability, and correlates of the Attitudes Toward Mainstreaming Scale for samples of education students, teachers-in-training, and elementary school teachers in New Zealand. (Author/PN)

The University of Washington College of Education requires its students to take two courses on socioethnicity. But many future teachers elect courses focused on their own particular social or ethnic group. Thus, like other teacher colleges, Washington must find new methods of preparing students to teach in our culturally diverse society. (KH)

Whether a college course for teachers and teacher trainees could affect attitudes in creative problem solving was determined. Results showed that students enrolled in the creative emphasis course did have definite attitude changes in favor of creativity. There were no statistically significant changes found for the control group. (Author/AL)