The University of Connecticut-Keswich Hall College exchange program is a 7-week experience which offers British and American students and faculty the opportunity to learn first-hand about the education and culture of another country. American students go to England from June 1 until mid-July, while British students come to the United States from…

This program involves an exchange of faculty and students between the university and two English colleges of education--Berkshire in Reading and Coventry. The student exchange, one semester in length, is limited to juniors who are pursuing a professional teacher education curriculum; their English counterparts, also in teacher education, are…

This report is concerned with investigation of the personal characteristics of students entering the teacher education program at the University of Georgia, Elementary Education Division. Information regarding undergraduate students admitted to the division's program in teacher preparation at the elementary, early childhood, and middle school…

A leadership development program at the University of Arizona for vocational education majors who lack leadership experiences is described. The program provides leadership development experience with student activities in a local Future Farmers of America chapter and practical vocational experiences prior to student teaching. (MF)

Gifford and King debate the value of the bachelors degree in education. Abolition of the undergraduate degree in education is seen as essential to Gifford. King believes that a greater shortage of teachers could occur if colleges don't prepare teachers through their present modes. (MLW)

The Commonwealth Teacher Training Study conducted shortly after World War I and the activities of the Commission on Teacher Education from 1938 to 1944 addressed the problems of recruiting and motivating higher quality education majors. The findings of these studies could prove highly relevant to today's concerns in teacher education. (PGD)

Describes the essential characteristics, development, implementation, and anticipated benefits of an innovative New Jersey program that will allow local districts to hire and train for certification prospective teachers who have college degrees and subject area expertise. (PGD)

The author, a professor of education, is not surprised at the public outcry over incompetent teachers. He cites examples from his own experience of education students who cannot write, who prefer not to think or deal with theory, and who treat grades as a numbers game. (SJL)

Elementary education majors surveyed indicate positive attitudes toward the importance of nutrition education within the elementary curriculum but a seriously limited nutrition knowledge. (JMF)

Findings from a study of the socialization of 15 Asian Americans in teacher education, medical school, and law school at a large university show that all these students chose to enter these human services fields primarily for humanistic and altruistic reasons, and that they were sensitive to diversity issues. (SLD)

An analysis of the views about teaching mathematics held by eight preservice elementary teachers enrolled in a course emphasizing small group discussion and exploratory approaches to problem solving, familiar mathematics, and tasks aimed at creating cognitive conflict. Some progress as reflective learners of mathematics was indicated. (Contains 43…

The new report of the Holmes Group, "Tomorrow's Schools of Education," is a simplistic attack on university-based schools of education and calls for their radical transformation and the adoption of one set of standards. It is argued that schools of education can develop individual approaches to future challenges. (SLD)