Few studies have addressed the effects of teacher education generally, no less the specific program elements necessary to prepare competent and caring teachers. As a result, to address teacher shortages in science, mathematics, and special education, alternatives to traditional preparation have been proposed, and their development has proceeded…

This monograph discusses preparation of teachers for the educationally handicapped. It is intended to be a useful primer (containing basic definitions, conceptualizations, bibliographic references, and examples) for a newcomer to the field while also including specific formulations (positions on issues and suggestions for resolving problems) of…

This report of the findings of the working group on "recruitment" of the International Congress on the Education of Secondary School Physics Teachers held in Hungary in September, 1970, includes reasons for the shortage of physics teachers (low salaries, excessive class load, lack of prestige, and inadequate programs of teacher preparation),…

This essay focuses on the preparation of high school mathematics teachers. Sections discuss what needs to be changed in the current system, what can be done to effect this change, and exemplary practices. The article suggests the following: (1) make connections to school mathematics; (2) look at different models of classroom organization; (3) put…

This Policy Research Brief summarizes findings from several studies of the Illinois teacher supply pipeline. It describes current teacher shortages, and identifies opportunities to plug leaks in the teacher supply pipeline. (Contains 7 endnotes.)

Criticizes the preparation of teachers, and offers several ways in which important changes in teacher education could come about. (Author)

Explains the structure of Australian Departments of Further Education and describes the recruitment, employment, and training of lecturers in the technical and further education colleges. (SK)

Describes South Carolina's add-on or out-of-field approach to supplying needed technology education teachers. Recommends recruitment strategies, and discusses teacher education. (JOW)

Studied the Massachusetts Signing Bonus Program for New Teachers, a teacher recruitment program. Findings for 4 years show many failings of the program, which has produced relatively few urban teachers with low rates of teacher retention. (SLD)

For the past decade, as concerns over the quality of California schools have risen, state policymakers have sought ways to strengthen the state's teacher workforce. In the face of teacher shortages, numerous policy efforts have focused on preparing, recruiting, and retaining fully qualified teachers. The results of these policies have been…

This report is based on the discussions of the February 2008 "Teaching by Choice: Beyond 2 + 2" conference, convened by the American Association of Community Colleges to focus on the growing role of community colleges as providers of teacher education and source of professional development for elementary, middle and secondary teachers of science,…

The author assesses the state of affairs in contemporary schools and focuses on current out-of-hand practices and trends relating to teacher certification, enrollments and increasing credit hours required for graduation in American institutions of higher education. He suggests that rather than continuing to certify teachers in existing colleges…

The Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE) at the University of Texas at San Antonio and San Antonio College is proposed as a comprehensive model whose overarching goals include: (1) creating a learning ecology that values diversity and prepares teacher candidates for work in diverse communities; (2) increasing the number of Latino students pursuing…