This report contains projects on urban education from the state departments of education in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In conjunction with the U. S. Office of Education, the five participating states reviewed The Urban Teacher, A Preliminary Report (May, 1971) and submitted their recommendations. The reviewing…

This book reports on the professional development program Model Science Lab Project which provides a new perspective of science teaching and learning to both teachers and students. During the project, participants benefited from additional time during the study year, science content training, pedagogy training, curriculum resources, reduced…

A critique of the reification of child-centred education arguing that this ideology is found in its purest form in the colleges of education which are ill-equipped ideologically and organizationally for the preparation of teachers for inner-city schools. (Author/JM)

The program is described in terms of science and education components. Science background is provided in specially designed basic courses in the various disciplines; and advanced courses are selected in one chosen area. In-school activities are stressed beginning in the sophomore year. (TS)

The complex issues of multiracial education cannot be adequately presented in a traditionally-structured teacher education course. The Margaret McMillan School of Education at Bradford College has developed an integrated, functional approach to preparing teachers for urban multiracial schools. (SJL)

Presents a model for an urban P-16 (integrated education from preschool though college) that is meant to reshape and improve teacher education in a way driven by the involvement of major stakeholders in the community. The discussion focuses on partnering activities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (SLD)

Argues that Black education will not improve until Black citizens become actively involved in all phases of their children's education. Stresses the need for parent and community participation and teacher education. (FMW)

This study examined the perceptions of 249 trainees in graduate teacher education courses, both regular and special education, concerning the frequency and importance of teaching methods modeled in their professional training. Results indicated that most trainees had experienced little variety in instructional practices and that they tended to…

The Center for Urban Education proposes that higher education become a change agent that works closely with local schools and communities. Emphasis is placed on curricula for diverse populations, inservice training, upward mobility, career training, and dialogues between diverse cultures and different races. (Author/DW)

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) "TEACHING IN AMERICA--THE STATE PERSPECTIVE," BY F. KEPPEL (CONCERNED WITH THE PROBABLE GROWTH OF POWERS AT THE STATE LEVEL OVER EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND PRACTICE, POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOLS, AND THE DEMAND BY TEACHERS FOR…

CONTENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SPEECHES--(1) EDUCABILITY AND THE SCHOOL INTEGRATION CRISIS BY DR. MILTON SCHWEBEL, (2) INTELLIGENCE, ETHNIC ORIGINS, AND INTEGRATION BY DR. HERBERT G. BIRCH, (3) INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION - TOWARD WHAT GOALS BY MR. JOHN MORSELL, (4) PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL LEARNING BY DR. ROBERT GREEEN, AND (5) PROBLEMS IN ACADEMIC…

A description is given of a study to determine whether the attitudes of white middle class student teachers toward children speaking Black dialect could be changed positively and their listening comprehension improved. In a special program conducted by a teacher center a group of student teachers were exposed to brief intensive training in…

This booklet contains selected papers from three conferences which had common objectives: to enable federal, state, and local officials to study the complexity of legal, social, economic, and psychological constraints on youth as well as the agencies created by these laws; to review the critical factors in urbanization, their relation to…

This guide resulted from the work of 14 colleges and universities participating in the Red River Valley Inter-Institutional Project, which related to the education of the culturally disadvantaged child. The project included two field experiences, one urban and the other rural; orientation meetings; and discussions. The aims of the Red River Valley…