The development of a Competency Based Teacher Certification System is a cooperative effort of the Carroll County System and the School of Education, West Georgia College, supported by a grant from the Georgia State Department of Education. As a step toward solving the problem of recertifying teachers who possess basic credentials and have taught…

The proceedings of this conference focus on junior college teaching and issues concerning teacher characteristics, future manpower needs, and effective teacher training. In addition to group discussion summaries, the speeches included are "Forecasts of Instructional Personnel Needs,""The Doctor of Arts Degree,""Community-Junior College Teachers,"…

A description of the status of college faculty in China looks at their number, composition, academic qualifications, tendency toward inbreeding, workload, salaries, retirement system, employment stability, lifestyle, and social standing. (MSE)

Characteristics of the social studies teacher of the next century are discussed. The social studies teacher needs to be a scholar. In addition, he or she needs to be a specialist in teaching skills and creative techniques and must have a clear understanding of the cognitive and affective domains. (Author/RM)

Tables in this report present characteristics of professional staff employed in the Maryland public schools as of October 1998. The data were obtained from employment records provided by local education agencies and teacher certification records. Professional staff members include principals and assistant principals, teachers, librarians, guidance…

This paper reviews current literature about three tools used by teacher education programs and school districts to assess teacher candidate quality. It presents a matrix which aligns the underlying dimensions of teacher knowledge, dispositions, and skills for the STAR Teacher Interview, the Teacher Perceiver Interview, and the Praxis III Teacher…

This paper argues that the concept "empathy" will be fundamental to successful human learning futures. However, while the need for empathetic education workers will increase, the paper also suggests that the possibility of them being so will become increasingly problematic. The paper first provides an outline of some conceptions of empathy and…

Summarizes the results from a questionnaire developed to reflect both local concerns and those of national studies in elementary science education in Kansas. The questionnaire included items concerning methods of science instruction, class time spent on science, teacher preparation, approach to metric system, science textual material, and…

Studied perceptions of early childhood teachers and employers regarding early childhood teacher education. Found that previous experience with, attitudes toward, and understanding of children and entry qualifications were weighted higher than age and gender for teacher selection. Lectures, group discussion, direct experience with children, and…

A Cox regression model was used to examine the career paths of 2,327 elementary school first-year teachers. Variables studied (sex, age, ethnicity, education, and certification route) explained about 10% of the variation in teacher continuation in teaching. Future studies of teacher survival should consider additional teacher-related variables.…

Summarizes suggestions from child care directors concerning recruitment and retention of high quality staff. (BB)

Asserts that there is little research about preservice art specialist education. Reviews literature and questionnaire results and offers suggestions about research and practices for preservice art education programs. Recommends a carefully constructed research agenda on art teachers' knowledge about subject matter content. (CFR)

Reports on a study of 217 first-year physical education majors, physical education student teachers, and established inservice physical education teachers. Finds that student teachers were most knowledgeable about issues in the field and inservice teachers were more concerned about instructional procedures and classroom management. (CFR)

Examines the influence of social origins, characteristics, and qualifications of entrants to primary teaching in Greece and its role in social mobility. Research based on first-year student teachers along with unpublished research from government sources show a greater need for creative and strategic planning in the training of primary teachers.…

Education researchers and policymakers agree that teachers differ in terms of quality and that quality matters for student achievement. Despite prodigious amounts of research, however, debate still persists about the causal relationship between specific teacher credentials and student achievement. In this paper, we use a rich administrative data…