The legal implications of competency-based teacher education were the subject of a conference sponsored by the Multi-State Consortium on Performance Based Teacher Education. Representatives from state departments of education and their legal advisors met with a panel of consultants to discuss licensing and accrediting of teachers. The issues…

Article presented an interview with Paul Olson, head of the "Study Commission of Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers," who discussed methods of training teachers and how teachers must change to effectively take part in the educational system. (RK)

Argues that courses in sociolinguistics should form part of the education of every Canadian teacher regardless of the subject he is going to teach. (Author)

College administrators, nursing administrators, and nursing instructors, aware of the shortage of nursing teachers in junior colleges, discussed their best kind of preparation. It was generally agreed they must not only be subject specialists, with broad general education, but must also be prepared specifically as teachers for the junior college.…

In 1967, junior college and Kansas State Teachers College personnel studied the preparation of the state's junior college teachers. To design a graduate program, they analyzed the instructors by the education they had or needed. The data came from 450 teachers at 14 of the 16 Kansas junior colleges. Among the findings were: (1) 88% came from…

Since November 1966, the Research Committee of Ohio Council of the International Reading Association (IRA) has been working for Reading Certification in Ohio. By December 1967, contact was established with the State Department of Education through the Division of Teacher Education and Certification, and definite plans for recommendations for…

The Inventory of Teacher Knowledge of Reading was administered to a sample of 60 freshmen, 60 juniors, and 60 seniors in elementary education at the University of Illinois. In addition, it was administered to 60 experienced teachers who had not attended the University of Illinois as undergraduates. An analysis of variance of the test scores was…

For a competency-based system of teacher certification to be feasible and fair, a valid and reliable set of measurement procedures must exist. There are four questions which must be answered before competency-based teacher certification can be validly implemented. The first question is, Should teacher or pupil behavior be used as evidence of…

This report is based upon an extensive examination of current teacher education and certification practices in Ohio. Examination of current practices was carried out primarily through written surveys, interviews with key persons across the state, and open hearings. Six areas covered include background and action on the report, preservice…

This report provides a background on Norwegian teacher education programs, policies, and requirements in 19 educational institutions. The basic 2-4 year teacher preparation programs are described. The 1961 law covering the teaching requirements and qualifications for these programs was investigated with the emphasis on the ferment involving the…

Language arts teachers cannot handle the problems of the disadvantaged children of the ghetto because they cannot understand the language of the children well enough to evaluate the abilities of the children or create activities which would improve the quality of language experience for the child. It is possible to provide language arts teachers…

This paper presents a historical review of the gradual growth of interest in an establishment of legislation in Massachusetts for institutions concerned exclusively with the training of teachers. Highlighted is the activity of James G. Carter in this endeavor. The state of education at the beginning of the nineteenth century is described: private…

Presented are 16 brief essays concerned with strategies of heterogeneous grouping, administrative change, teacher qualifications, and teacher education for improving regular educational services for handicapped children. The essays were written to widen perspectives on the means by which the Special Education Training Branch of the Bureau for…

The careless training and placement of college teachers is discussed in this document. The role and professional demand placed on teachers in a comprehensive community college is more student oriented by the nature of their work. Three suggestions to incorporate the community college teachers' qualities and the qualities of the teacher in the 2-…

This is the report of a working party appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science giving their recommendations for the establishment of a teaching council for England and Wales which would provide a measure of professional self-government and a register of qualified teachers. After a brief introduction reviewing the background of…