Discusses current educational trends and relates them to preservice art education. Reviews research in art education and dance education and makes suggestions on qualifications and certification for dance educators. Provides 10 recommendations for dance education and the preparation of dance education teachers. (CFR)

Summarizes data from a survey of 33,785 faculty at 378 colleges and universities, including demographic characteristics, employment patterns, credentials, salary, publishing and professional activity patterns, teaching load and activities, political and professional attitudes, sources of stress, and attitudes about teaching. (MSE)

Investigated hiring criteria Canadian administrators used to assess prospective teachers seeking employment. Surveys of 69 Directors of Education indicated that hiring preferences reflected directors' own practical orientation toward schooling. The three broad areas that the directors valued were good interpersonal communication skills, good…

This paper considers the case of the Michigan Migrant Head Start program to describe and analyze the labor market conditions and teaching staff characteristics to identify the challenges faced by Migrant Head Start grantees in attracting, hiring, retaining, and training degreed teachers. The emphasis is on describing and analyzing the child care…

The purpose of this book is to equip trainers to perform with excellence. Chapter 1 focuses on how adults learn and interact, examines the impact instructors have on learning, and introduces the instructor performance system. Chapter 2 details the requirements of the instructor's job. Chapter 3 outlines the system that enables training managers to…

A study examined the changing role and status of the elementary school teacher as projected in the teachers' guides that accompany reading textbooks. Twelve fifth-grade teachers' guides for each decade since 1920 were analyzed by scrutinizing every sixth chapter, story, or lesson for (1) physical characteristics, (2) testing components, (3) number…

This special issue of "Per Linguam" is entirely devoted to a report of a project to improve the English language proficiency of primary school teachers in the Kwa Zulu area of Southern Africa. The inter-university project was designed to raise the standards of English modeling and instruction early in the education of children in order…

This study reports on the characteristics of 28 tenured teacher educators in a department of curriculum and instruction. Two focused interviews were conducted with each participant in the spring of 1980 and the spring of 1981. Six research areas were investigated: (1) personal characteristics, family background including socioeconomic status,…

THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE, CAUSES FOR DEVIATION, AND MAJOR DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES FOR SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED AND EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. SCHOOL ROLE, GOALS, AND DEFINITIONS ARE RELATED TO STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITING AND TRAINING TEACHERS OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED. A DISCUSSION OF THE SELECTION OF TEACHERS…

This review is presented as a supplement to the main report of the Western Australia State Inquiry into Teacher Educaton. Since most of the information included was obtained directly from primary sources, little of it is available elsewhere. Much of this information could well be of value to the institutions for their own analysis and planning,…

Prepared by two committees of the American Organization for Education of the Hearing Impaired, the pamphlet provides a guide for formulating standards of professional training for teachers of hearing impaired children. Competencies needed by teachers of the deaf are defined in the areas of communication (speech, hearing, language, lipreading,…

A survey of 72 adult basic education (ABE) programs in Ohio was conducted during the 1968-69 school year. Sixty-nine directors handled 447 ABE classes; however, about 40% were handled by three of them. Public school classrooms were the most frequently used facilities (68%). Night classes accounted for 85%. Most of the directors' time was devoted…

A look at prospective teachers after college graduation is presented including: how many obtain teaching credentials and how many of these actually enter the classroom. Using national data, the demographic and academic characteristics of prospective teachers and the differences among various groups are examined. (MLW)

Describes a study of African library schools which was undertaken to determine number of teachers; teacher qualifications, experience, and other major characteristics; staffing adequacy; areas of discipline in which additional teachers are needed; and whether recruiting and other institution policies facilitate filling vacancies with suitable…

Serving as a guide for developing and/or assessing teacher-preparation programs in English language arts, this newly expanded document opens with a set of general underlying principles and then examines closely the attitudes, knowledge, and pedagogical skills that effective teachers should demonstrate. New to the 1996 edition are chapters that:…