A factor analysis of responses from 434 prospective teachers was carried out to test the hypotheses of G. Stern et al. concerning factors related to teacher attitudes and teacher gratification. Factor analysis paralleled some of the logical categories of Stern's Teacher Preference Schedule (TPS). Data indicated that Orderly, Dependent, and…

This paper describes how the Georgia model program for preparing elementary teachers (ED 025 491) will appear to a student participant when the model has moved from conceptualization to reality. Various preprofessional phases are described in the nine sections: (1) Recruitment, of the high school senior; (2) Application and Admission, including…

In a study of how teacher reinforce learners it was hypothesized that teachers' sanctioning behavior will vary in a given teaching task depending on 1) their tendency to be anxious (their need to avoid failure), 2) their perception of the competence of the student, and 3) the difficulty of the material to be mastered. Forty undergraduate teacher…

This study examined the decision-making process of prospective teachers to determine to what extent authoritarianism influences decisions about the validity of categorical syllogisms with attitudinally relevant conclusions. The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) and the California F Scale were administered to 100 education students to…

The Graduate Research Training Program began in 1966 as a 3-year doctoral level program which recruited about 25 interns from fields other than education. In 1969 it was changed to a 1-year masters-degree program for 10 interns, about half of whom had majored in education. The 1-year program in 1969-70 included formal course work in research,…

This brief overview of the current stage of research at the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin focuses on the effectiveness of individualizing teacher education programs to prepare teachers who will be able to teach their students how to deal with change. Three successive methods of…

This study investigated whether pass-fail elective options at the undergraduate level will encourage education majors to break away from previous patterns of elective choice and choose more courses in various scientific and mathematical disciplines. Two hundred sixty-three education students at Queens College of the City University of New York…

Summarizes interviews with five students concerning an elective creative drama course and their subsequent experiences as drama leaders. Suggests that it is necessary to study classroom teachers in order to devise effective ways of persuading them to include more drama in the elementary curriculum. (MS)

Canonical correlation analysis and application of double-cross validation procedures provided evidence of significant shared variance between the Preprofessional Skills Test and the American College Test scores of 537 education majors, questioning the need for students to take both tests. (Author/CB)

This study examined the relatedness of teacher candidate's personal preferences to their perceptions of videotaped student misbehavior and to their responses to the misbehavior. Responses were identified as nonassertive, assertive, or hostile. Results and implications regarding an individual's interpretation of teacher training experiences are…

Defends the training of people as professionals in both the humanities and education; opposes disciplinary chauvinism. (DD)

This manuscript presents the results of a nationwide teacher education survey which attempted to ascertain how adequately colleges and universities are preparing prospective elementary teachers in the area of tests and measures.'' (Author)

This study was conducted in an effort to determine what basic kinds of fears beset the freshman student who has chosen to major in education, and how effectively four years of teacher preparation alleviate these fears. (Author)

An outline is given of a programme of moral education devised for students in a college of education. Students read selected text and saw selected films, then in syndicates they examined them in relation to the basic theme of the nature of personal integrity. (Editor/CB)