The purposes of the project were to facilitate, coordinate, describe, and evaluate the activities of seven fifth-cycle Teacher Corps programs as they developed and implemented--to the extent possible--competency-based teacher education programs utilizing the ten National Center for Educational Research and Development teacher education models as a…

Outlines proposed changes in the certification of vocational education teachers in Ontario, Canada. (Editor)

The screening processes of education departments do not always keep poor teachers out of the teaching profession. (HS)

Teacher professionalism and educational restructuring have the same goal--to make teachers more responsive to their students. To transform teaching into an authentic profession involves six changes: reforming teacher education and licensing, restructuring schools, reforming unions, improving accountability, and bettering salaries and working…

Barriers to effective education of handicapped children and the roles of social agencies in a position to provide a climate for change and innovation are the focus of this book. Administrative ineptitude, unqualified administrators and teachers, poor standards for graduate students, inadequate teacher education, and attitudes toward education and…

U.S. society proposes that all students should have equal opportunities to achieve academically; therefore, urban and rural schools that serve socio-economically disadvantaged students must employ highly qualified teachers who are prepared to teach in those particular school environments. Recruitment practices, teacher preparation programs, and…

Education in European countries is subject to many competing demands which have an influence on the organisation and content of arts education. Increasing globalisation has brought both benefits and challenges, including those arising from increased international competition, migration and multiculturalism, advancements in technology and the…

This book sets out to put the many questions raised by the selection of urban teachers into a meaningful context, and to suggest some answers. The thesis of this book is that, as quickly as possible, the process by which urban teachers are selected must be converted to a contemporary merit and fitness system. The ability to understand and reach…

In training teachers of English from developing countries, a distinction must be made between what is essential and what is desirable as requirements for competency in the language. (LG)

PURPOSES, METHODS, AND IMPLICATIONS IN FORMULATING GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AT ANY LEVEL ARE REPORTED. (SEE PP. 1-9.) ALTHOUGH THE GUIDELINES ARE NOT INCLUDED, AN INDICATION OF HOW AND BY WHOM THEY CAN BEST BE UTILIZED IS GIVEN. A LISTING OF PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY COMPRISES THE MAJOR PORTION…

The regulations governing the certification of teachers, qualifications for administrative, supervisory and related instructional positions, and administrative procedures for the state of Virginia are given. (JD)

Rules for teacher education and certification in the State of Iowa are presented. (MM)