Article considered the thesis, put forth by Howard Conant, that it was time to bring artists into art education as teachers, thus replacing art teachers. Author responded by categorically denying Conant's basic assumptions. (Author/RK)

Contains a nationwide survey on teacher preparation in reading at the secondary level. (RB)

Article addressed itself to the qualifications for nursery teaching in Scotland and the development of nursery schools along with student enrollment. It is argued, in addition, that with a readjustment between pre- and in-service training, the emphasis on courses being practical could be improved by giving them a more theoretical perspective.…

THIS REPORT OF A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ENGLISH PROGRAMS IN 2-YEAR COLLEGES IS BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM 239 INSTITUTIONAL SOURCES, 187 DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN, AND 292 TEACHERS. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO (1) THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING SCOPE, TEACHING LOAD, CLASS SIZE, STATUS OF DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN, AND RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS, (2) ENGLISH…

THE IDEAL JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHER WOULD HAVE STRONG ACADEMIC AND TEACHING BACKGROUND, STRONG GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ABILITY, AND PROFICIENCY IN TEACHING BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED COURSES, WITH DEPTH IN ONE OR MORE SUBJECT FIELDS. A SOUND PATTERN OF PREPARATION WOULD BE A STRONG BACCALAUREATE FOLLOWED BY A BROADLY-BASED, ACADEMICALLY-ORIENTED…

This study was prompted by the change in New York State certification (effective October 1968) which requires only 18 hours of courses in college mathematics for permanent certification in secondary school mathematics. The study does not suggest any recommendations as to the desired preparation for teaching secondary school mathematics, but…

This study consisted of a poll of junior college administrators, responsible for the employment of their instructional staff, to determine if they felt the Doctor of Arts degree would satisfy the academic needs of the junior college instructor. A 17-item questionnaire was mailed to 107 public tax-supported junior colleges within the Southern…

The introduction to standards for educators of exceptional children in Canada focuses on the need for teacher education programs and the rationale behind standards for educators. Discussion of teacher education includes the following topics: the individual's self and society, understanding the learner and learning process, general competencies in…

This book concerning the continuing education of teachers offers an overview of the problems of professional growth. It attempts to provide an understanding of the organizational conditions which are prerequisites for professional development and to provide curriculum workers with a deeper insight into the connections between a course of study and…

Representatives from the various Australian Science Teachers Associations present their views on the following: New demands on teachers in general; new demands specific to science teachers; deficiencies in current programs of teacher preparation; and new initiatives which may overcome present deficiencies. (AJ)

Teacher education in Czechoslovakia is part of a unified national provision of education that covers both preservice and inservice training. The institutional provision for training, conditions for enrollment and process of obtaining a post, inservice education, and teacher position in society are explored. (DF)

Examines the Carnegie report in terms of three themes: (1) distrust of teachers; (2) commitment to teacher autonomy that is conditional on achieved results; and (3) a conception of teacher accountability focusing on student performance rather than professional practice. Concludes that the implicit view of the teacher is one of an assembly-line…

Maintains that the major dilemma of the Holmes Group Report is that improving teachers both is, and is not, by itself, the way to improve education. Raises several questions which the report ignores and offers a synopsis of scholarly literature regarding teacher education. (DH)

Arguments between factions advocating more or less teacher education could slow down the reform process enough to allow gains in the trend toward licensing teachers lacking teacher training. (MSE)

The author states that there is no goal more important than the identification of a curriculum for the genuinely professional classroom teacher, grounded in the kind of knowledge that can command a consensus of the learned. (CT)