For over forty years, presidents of the Summer School Association of Queen's University wrote annually to teachers across Canada, encouraging them to attend summer courses for credit toward a bachelor of arts. In the 1920s, presidents' messages associated attendance with societal progress and the professionalization of teaching. In the 1930s, such…

What is it that teacher-educators "do"? This paper draws on interview data with Deans/Heads of Schools of Education in the Australian context to explore this question by asking: How is the teacher-educator produced as a category of academic worker? Using critical approaches to discourse analysis, the paper presents two interlocked…

This article reports the results of a mixed-methods approach to investigating the association between globalisation and MATESOL in UK universities. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from academic staff through eight emails, four interviews and 41 questionnaires indicate that the globalised context of higher education has affected these…

As more technology has become available in many parts of the globe, a new type of student population has emerged. The traditional student image of higher learning has been somewhat limited in many countries, but given the impact of the Internet, this traditional "student body" has changed. Rather than being limited to regional…

Using a teacher recruitment and preparation model, a unique partnership between PK-12 schools, a community college, and a university is examined. The focus is on the training and credentialing of future educators, particularly from underrepresented backgrounds, in an efficient and quality manner to assist in meeting the current PK-12 teacher…

THIS FOLLOW-UP OF AN EARLIER STUDY OF TEACHER EDUCATION PRACTICES (SEE SP 000 347) SOLICITED MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PRACTICES THAN HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE EARLIER STUDY. SPECIFIC PRACTICES UNDER FIVE MAJOR TOPICAL AREAS WERE DISTRIBUTED, VARIOUSLY, AMONG "GREAT CITIES" RESPONDENTS. CONCERNING (1) TEACHER RECRUITMENT,…

Investigates the recruitment of new teachers with minority ethnic backgrounds using the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses in England. Curriculum uses interviews with staff at teacher training institutions. Reports there are differences among institutions related to attracting minority ethnic students. Includes references. (CMK)

Issues raised by academics concerning proposals to merge three N.S.W. universities and their neighboring teachers' colleges between 1969 and 1975 include: the role of universities vis-a-vis colleges of advanced education, competition for students, N.S.W. Department of Education, teacher training, academic standards, finance, site planning, and…

Advocates the development of cooperative community college/university marketing endeavors to capitalize on institutional differences and to best serve nontraditional students. Addresses the possible benefits: the utilization of university staff and graduate student expertise, especially in research; improved teacher education and faculty…

The Master Builders of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa team up on how to attract and prepare more industrial arts and vocational teachers for teaching construction at the secondary and postsecondary levels. (Author/BP)

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 1,363 ENTRIES ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS. THE GENERAL TOPIC ENTRIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS (1) GENERAL AND REFERENCE, (2) RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, (3) INSTITUTIONAL STATUS, (4) TEACHING CONDITIONS, (5) TEACHING METHODS--GENERAL, AND (6) TEACHING METHODS--SPECIAL FIELDS. (HW)

THIRTY PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING TEACHER EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS ATTENDED A 2-WEEK TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE DESIGNED TO CONSIDER CRITICAL ISSUES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAMS OF TEACHER PREPARATION IN SMALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE PRESENTATIONS BY SPECIAL CONSULTANTS WERE--(1) "CRITICAL…

This collection of four papers addresses the choices that students, teachers, and school administrators make in regard to their education and career paths. They include: (1) "Understanding Entry into the Teaching Profession" (Eric A. Hanushek and Richard R. Pace), which analyzes the characteristics of teachers in public elementary and…