Discusses the potential of NCTE for "influencing the direction of teacher education and the curriculum, for "making an ally of the textbook publisher, and for assisting children in acquiring a sense of personal identity; an address delivered at the NCTE annual convention (Washington, D. C., November 27, 1969). (Author/RD)

There is a mandate for teachers who are trained to meet the needs of the increasingly more culturally diverse populations, particularly in urban schools. General competencies which all teachers of urban learners should develop include respect for cultural differences and a belief in the abilities of culturally different learners. Additionally,…

Described is the Urban Science Intern Teaching Project (USITP) at California State College, Fullerton, aimed at converting unemployed scientists and engineers into inner-city science teachers. (PEB)

A post-baccalaureate, single-subject program for future secondary school teachers is described. This program contains the following features: (1) it is operated by a team composed of a teacher education department leader, faculty from other departments, master teachers, administrators, community persons, and candidates for the teaching profession;…

This book is divided into three sections in which the authors of the articles which comprise the book discuss the problems of teaching and understanding the disadvantaged. The articles presented in section 1 ("The Problem as Viewed by an Interdisciplinary Team") deal with the characteristics of the disadvantaged (including discussions of…

The STINT Teacher Training Program is designed to provide crucial support for new and inexperienced teachers in urban schools using skilled and experienced teachers who are given 100 percent released time to work with the participants on a ratio of approximately one to nine. The program is concentrated in the ghetto areas of Manhattan, Brooklyn,…

Volume II of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess exemplary preservice teacher training programs for inner-city teachers, contains a classified indexed listing of reference materials with descriptive and bibliographic information. The bibliography concentrates on three areas: teacher training, teacher effectiveness, and…

Volume III of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess preservice teacher training programs for inner-city teachers presents research methods and procedures used to gather data. Six areas are developed: selection of programs, selection and training of interviewing staff, selection of study groups, development and description…

Volume IV of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess exemplary preservice teacher training programs for inner-city elementary teachers, contains answers to the study's research questions and a brief summary of the research procedures. The main purpose of this report was to identify the sources of teachers' competence and…

Volume V of a Contemporary Research Incorporated Report, designed to assess examplary preservice teacher training for inner-city elementary teachers, contains descriptions of the characteristics of model preservice teacher training programs. This report covers the purpose, procedures, sources of competence, description of the models, and a…

Volume VI of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess exemplary preservice teacher training for inner-city elementary teachers, contains a manual for teachers of the strategies and techniques mentioned by inner city teachers for handling prevalent problems. Part I contains all of the strategies and techniques reported for…

Volume VIII of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess exemplary preservice teacher training programs for inner-city teachers, contains a discussion of the data analysis techniques and additional findings. Following an introductory statement, this report covers a data analysis summary of methods and analysis…

A new model for in-service and preservice teacher training programs has been developed. The Skill Development in Teaching (SKIT) was suggested by recent research combining two teacher training techniques developed in the past decade, Interaction Analysis and Microteaching. Some educators who have worked with both Interaction Analysis and…

This report describes the development of an inner-city college-community teacher education program designed at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. Originally the program recruited and trained as Spanish teachers Cuban refugee professionals who expressed an interest in teaching. The program developed further after California approved…