The primary purpose of this document is to provide Arizona school district administrators with guidance in planning, implementing, and evaluating visual art education programs. Topics include curriculum content, teacher preparation, professional development, facilities, and program and teacher evaluation. Instruction in visual arts should provide…

The impact of advanced technology has increased computer usage at all levels as evidenced by the popularity of video games, increased interest on the part of students using computers to enhance learning, and business/school partnerships forming with such companies as Digital Equipment Corporation, International Business Machines, and Tandy/Radio…

This entire issue of an educational journal is devoted to teaching the disadvantaged. Following the introductory remarks by a senator from Indiana, there are articles on the needs of all children, the educational responsibility and sociopsychological factors specific to the disadvantaged, and two curriculum proposals. Also included are papers on…

Classroom teachers do not have adequate training to provide quality elementary physical education programs. Quality programs require the knowledge and skills of physical education specialists, who have training in movement education, motor development, and motor learning. If schools valued students' physical health and fitness, they would hire…

In the teacher education field, each school, college, department of education (SCDE), school district, education professor, and professional teacher organization operates as an unrelated entity. There is a lack of any coherent direction to the reforms that are currently under consideration, and an absence of a unified voice for or about teacher…

Within the last five years there has been a great deal of change in the role of technology in the schools. The advent of microcomputers has had an impact on instructional techniques as has the development of interactive graphics and animation, and other technologies such as videodisc and micronet. Teacher educators face the responsibility of…

This paper examines criticism of multicultural education and argues that this subject can become a focal point for raising issues about racism and social inequality. Multicultural education is relevant to the training of all British teachers and can help counteract the tendency to blame cultural deficiencies for minority group problems. (Author/PP)

To achieve excellence in teacher education and in its professional contributions, teacher education must become knowledge-oriented. It must also be highly evaluative, adapt to the needs of different groups, and be relevant to the problems of teaching and learning. (JN)

Describes the four levels of the early childhood education system in Cuba. Includes information on home visit programs for new parents, child care programs, preschool programs, programs for 5-year-olds, and primary school programs. Emphasizes that parents, relatives, teachers, and the larger community share the responsibility of educating young…

This monograph examines six periods in the history of teaching. The first section describes the period from 1776-1823 as a time when teaching was not the career choice of educated people. A case history of a New England school teacher is included in this section. The second section pictures the period 1820-60 as the time when teacher preparation…

This booklet contains a collection of three symposium papers dealing with current trends and issues in New Zealand early childhood education: (1) "Implications for Teacher Training of New Trends in Pre-School Education", (2) "Professionalism in Early Childhood Education: Some Trends", and (3) "Innovation in Pre-School…

The basic purpose of this project was to determine the extent and type of change which has taken place, in the past in the developing state colleges and universities, and which is projected for the near future. The project had two phases, the first phase consisting of a questionnaire survey of American Association of State Colleges and…

Discusses needs for better quality vocational agriculture teachers, suggesting appropriate focus for preservice and inservice programs. (HD)

Although the American work force is generally better educated than ever before, the general productivity of American workers continues to drop. This trend indicates that too many people are unable to cope with the demands placed on them to organize, evaluate, and communicate information to each other. In order to better prepare citizens for life…

The two parts of this report on primary education in Switzerland (comprising the first through 9th school years) provide an overview of the organization of schooling and a description of educational trends and reforms. Part I describes official objectives of primary education; units responsible at national, regional, local, and school levels;…