This paper urges agressive promotion of the Guidelines for Preparing Teachers of English as the certification standard for English teachers in every state. (RD)

Twenty-eight unergraduates preparing for elementary and special education certification were observed on a team measurement activity. A number of performance skill deficits were revealed including inability to follow directions and inability to multiply mixed fractions. (SB)

Discusses a British survey of training methods for "commercial studies" (business) teachers. The survey showed that there is a shortage of trained commercial-studies teachers and that education and training opportunities are overdue. (JOW)

Suggestions are made for different approaches for preparing the classroom teacher, the resource teacher, and the neuroeducator, a specialist in learning disabilities. He advocates that neuroeducators should have exposure to fundamental areas of neurology, intelligence, anatomy, memory, cognition, and movement education. (CL)

The data revealed that teachers have relatively little formal training in reading instruction and continue overwhelmingly to use the basal reader for a large percentage of the instructional time spent teaching reading. (Author)

The pressing need to increase the number of reading instruction courses required for teacher certification is discussed. (LH)

Describes four recommendations made by educational reformers seeking to improve the quality of the teaching workforce. Suggestions are to recruit more intelligent teachers, more persons committed to the profession, more minority people, and more teachers from the upper middle classes. These reform suggestions and the implications of those changes…

A course to prepare overseas-trained teachers to teach in Britain faced many challenges: complexity of national and local certification requirements, equivalency of qualifications, length of time needed for residency, English language requirements, and cultural differences in methodology. The course enabled participants to reflect on their…

This statement by the Association for Childhood Education International outlines elementary teacher preparation requirements in six categories: general education; elementary education foundations; child development; the learning and teaching process; curriculum and methodology; and clinical and field experiences. (MDM)

Many students with reading difficulties have a specific learning disability called dyslexia, which is neurobiological in origin and characterized by problems with spelling, decoding, and accurate/fluent word identification, negatively impacting vocabulary growth and comprehension. Consequently, the role of the insightful teacher is critical in…

This survey of state certification practices and requirements for modern foreign languages reports on standard credit and hour requirements for elementary, secondary, supervisory, and coordinator certification. It also discusses the "approved program" option, proficiency testing, foreign language in the elementary school (FLES), reciprocal…

A REPORT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHER EDUCATION CLINICS IN WHICH SUGGESTED GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE PREPARATION OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHERS. A SERIES OF CLINICS GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS EDUCATION AND BUSINESS EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR…