Discussion of the inclusion of special education students in regular classrooms focuses on a study that compared computer-assisted instruction and traditional instruction used in preparing elementary and secondary education majors for inclusion. Knowledge of special education and attitudes toward the disabled are examined. (LRW)

Results from 60 Greek and 60 English primary-school teacher- education students who rated the educational aims of their childhood teachers, those of their current teachers, and their own intentions for teaching show that they have similar attitudes, far removed from the ideologies of their childhood educations. (SLD)

Investigated student teachers' preferences for several methods of classroom management. Fourth-year education students (N=70) were presented with four typical classroom problem behavior scenarios and were offered a choice of four approaches to manage problem. Results revealed that subjects strongly favored humanistic approaches to classroom…

Forty-three preservice teachers in programs for hearing-impaired students were studied to determine the effects of age, sex, and computer experience on their attitudes toward computers. Measurements of computer anxiety, confidence, and liking indicated that computer experience corresponded with positive computer attitudes; age and sex had no…

Regular classroom teachers (n=114) who had taken a special education course were queried as to the value of the information presented to them, after they had begun to teach mainstreamed students. Results indicated that teachers considered the topics covered to be very important, and reported themselves to be fairly competent to deal with…

The relationship between a year-long student teaching experience and student teachers' schemata for classrooms was studied by comparing nine female student teachers (experts) with eight female prospective student teachers (novices) taking education courses. Student teachers had enhanced understanding of classroom events, reflecting different…

This study evaluated the impact of a public service advertising campaign conducted for Recruiting New Teachers, Inc (RNT). The study surveyed a national sample of 2,750 individuals who called the RNT toll-free number mentioned in public service advertising and returned information about their educational background and teaching interests. The…

This paper demonstrates how issues of lifelong development are cogent at the undergraduate level by discussing the results of a study which explored individual differences among the preservice population. Fuller's developmental model of teachers' concerns combined with theories of life-span development provided the conceptual and operational bases…

Thirty-four preservice teachers listened to children's tape-recorded responses to selected questions. The children were rehearsed to present either relevant and logical (high quality) responses or irrelevant and illogical (low quality) responses. The children also were rehearsed to verbalize either responses that contained selected nonstandard…

This study seeks to identify particular methods most likely to induce changes in philosophical beliefs of teachers compatible with a cognitive developmental teaching approach. Specifically examined were teacher's theoretical understanding in terms of epistemological beliefs consistent with either Piaget's theory of cognitive development or operant…

Discusses a teaching technique used in a child development course to increase education majors' awareness of personal feelings toward children and childhood. Following a brief summary of several related reports and an outline of six historical viewpoints on children, the technique and its results are explained. (DST)

Research was undertaken to determine whether a profile using logical reasoning ability, attitude toward mathematics, and grade point average would distinguish between concrete and formal operational thinking in preservice teachers. Study results provided evidence that preservice elementary and secondary teachers were functioning at different…

Analyzes changes in the affective perceptions of preservice teachers toward selected categories of exceptional children after a course on mainstreaming. The education students' perceptions took a negative shift as a result of exposure to mainstreaming information. Future programs should classify attitude development as a specific goal. (Author/JAC)

A longitudinal study of 78 undergraduate education students reveals that an individual's attitudes towards certain variables associated with teaching change as those individuals gain classroom experience. (LH)

In year 1 of a 3-year study, 14 elementary and secondary preservice teachers (out of 53 teacher education candidates) were interviewed/observed as their beliefs about reading instruction changed through coursework and practice in classroom teaching. Findings highlight the importance of considering preservice teachers' prior beliefs when designing…