This paper discusses how the contributions of psychology may be fruitfully applied to the problem of teacher education and describes a curriculum offering designed and implemented to illustrate the author's conclusions regarding theory and practice. Conclusions from the discussion section are 1) teacher training problems can be seen as emerging…

The objectives of this investigation were: (1) to construct test problems which assess skill in resolving problems in teaching reading, (2) to develop criteria for assessing performance on these problems, and (3) to explore the usefulness of the constructed problems in discussing the professional skills of those who teach reading. Data on…

Describes an outline for evaluating student essays, involving holistic evaluation, rating of the writer's effectiveness in displaying a particular "primary trait," and rating on mechanics. (DD)

Industrial teacher education students and faculty were surveyed to determine the extent to which professionalism was being taught. The 111 student and 119 faculty respondents indicated that, despite considerable faculty involvement in professional activities, topics of writing skills, program evaluation, research, and institutional involvement…

A look at a teacher education course based on teaching with modules at Michigan State University. (HB)

A description of student participation''--a kind of mini'' student-teaching--incorporated in the methods course and carried out in local schools. (MM)

Describes a microteaching program that integrates theory and practice for student teachers. (HS)

Describes procedures used to provide trainee teachers with experience in conducting ecological field studies, including preliminary classroom instruction, residential field experience, follow-up classroom work, and testing and evaluation. Summarizes opinions of students and trainee teachers on the worth of the experience. (AL)

Teacher educators can use active engagement strategies to help teacher candidates interact meaningfully with assigned readings for literacy methods courses. This approach to active engagement with required readings helps teacher candidates learn the content, concepts, and processes from text, and enables them to experience as learners the…

Instructional models are distinct sets of sequenced teaching actions created to promote student achievement of selected learning outcomes. They identify: (1) the type of information to be presented to students; (2) the sequence in which it should be presented; (3) the teaching tactics that stimulate necessary cognitive learning processes; and (4)…

Investigated was the validity and reliability of a self-evaluation instrument. Two samples, totaling 104 students, were drawn from a population of prospective elementary teachers at Colorado State College. One sample was taught by the lecture method, the other by a non-lecture method. The self-evaluation instrument (SEA) was administered at the…