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MACDONALD, JAMES B.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS STUDY INVOLVED FOUR PREMISES ABOUT TEACHING--(1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMATIC, RATIONAL THINKING WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING, (2) RESEARCH TRAINING WILL HELP DEVELOP RATIONAL SYSTEMATIC THINKING, (3) GENERAL TEACHER EDUCATION OUTCOMES REFLECT THE QUALITY OF THINKING, AND (4) THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE IS THE MOST CRITICAL…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary School Teachers, Student Experience, Student Teachers
von Zur-Muehlen, Max – 1977
The hiring of foreign teachers by Canadian universities is examined. The characteristics of newly appointed teachers at Canadian universities in the early seventies are presented, with particular emphasis on their citizenship, legal residence status, previous employment, and former country of residence. During the period 1962-1963 through…
Descriptors: Citizenship, College Faculty, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries
Download full textChan, Tak-Cheung – Georgia Association of Middle School Principals' Journal, 1977
Teaching may seem too complex and too involved in various dimensions of affective and cognitive aspects of learning for a good teacher evaluation program to be devised. A hierarchy of criteria is proposed, based upon analysis of observable versus unobservable characteristics, measureable and non-measureable characteristics, and attributes and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Predictor Variables, Reliability, Research Needs
Blair, Timothy R. – 1975
Since both good and poor reading achievement have been produced with any one of several developmental reading approaches, teacher characteristics are thought to be an important, however seldom tested, variable in reading achievement. A study conducted by the author which employed the author constructed Teacher Effort Scale in Reading indicated…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Rating Scales
Brawer, Florence B. – 1976
In 1975, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges conducted a national survey of humanities faculty in two-year colleges. This paper summarizes the characteristics of 90 music instructors included in the total sample of 1,493 full- and part-time faculty. Findings of the survey include: (1) 19% of the music instructors had been students in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Humanities, Job Satisfaction
Brawer, Florence B. – 1976
In 1975, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges conducted a national survey of humanities faculty in two-year colleges. This paper summarizes the characteristics of 110 liberal arts/drama instructors included in the total sample of 1,493 full- and part-time faculty. Findings of the survey include: (1) 73% of the 110 taught liberal arts,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Drama, Job Satisfaction
Brawer, Florence B. – 1976
In 1975, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges conducted a national survey of humanities faculty in two-year colleges. This paper summarizes the characteristics of 30 religious studies instructors included in the total sample of 1,493 full- and part-time faculty. Findings of the survey include: (1) 77% of the religious studies instructors…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Job Satisfaction, National Surveys
Brawer, Florence B. – 1976
In 1975, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges conducted a national survey of humanities faculty in two-year colleges. This paper summarizes the characteristics of 104 art instructors included in the total sample of 1,493 full- and part-time faculty. Findings of the survey include: (1) one-fourth indicated that they had been students in…
Descriptors: Art Teachers, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Humanities
Upper Midwest Regional Educational Lab., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1967
This report contains addresses and symposium discussions presented at the conference on teacher competence for the middle school years (fifth or sixth through eighth grades) which was attended by about 100 educators for various levels and positions. The foreword lists three questions posed by emergence of the middle school movement which the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Flexible Scheduling, Individualized Instruction, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedRodgers, Frederick A. – Educational Leadership, 1976
A discussion of the professional status of teachers outlines six criteria that could be used to judge the level of professionalization teachers have attained. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Professional Recognition, Teacher Associations, Teacher Certification
Peer reviewedPorter, Andrew C.; Freeman, Donald J. – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
Discusses the importance of including measures of educational orientations and beliefs in the criteria for teacher certification but stresses the need for more research and refinement of such technical measures. (GC)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Professional Recognition
Peer reviewedFarrell, Edmund J. – English Education, 1985
Discusses what attributes the instructor of methods courses in English should possess. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Teacher Education, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Methods Teachers
Peer reviewedWatts, Doyle – Clearing House, 1985
Describes (1) characteristics of effective preservice teacher preparation programs, (2) characteristics of teachers who have compiled an effective program, and (3) undesirable qualities of teachers not likely to emerge in graduates of effective programs. (EL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Student Teaching
Peer reviewedEkstrom, Ruth B. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1976
Relations between certain cognitive and attitudinal characteristics and the instructional behavior of elementary school teachers are explored. (MM)
Descriptors: Aptitude, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Teachers, Predictor Variables
Schumacher, Rachel; Rakpraja, Tanya – 2003
Noting that there is a need to understand characteristics of the Head Start program, the children and families it serves, and how these have changed since the last reauthorization in 1998, this policy brief is the first of a series of analyses of Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data by the Center for Law and Social Policy. All Head…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Family Characteristics, Family Income
