Special remarks, reports, and presentations from the anniversary meeting are offered. Topics covered include: advice to students and teachers; teaching in hard times; the arts and the campus; esthetic education: dialogue about the musical experience; affirmative action; the Greek connection; the 31-note equal tuning of Nicola Vincentino;…

The foreign language teacher training program described here is competency-based and therefore assumes the use of stated assessment criteria. Foreign language teacher competencies are listed in three categories: (1) content area, (2) learning-teaching process, and (3) teacher-school-community and profession. The team leader responsible for…

This three-chapter document concerns the problem of finding competent individuals to teach in the community. Chapter 1 describes an Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) project involving lay citizens, professional teachers, students, and educational authorities gathered together to pinpoint the necessities for competent teacher…

This module is designed to give the learner the opportunity to experience the difference between one-way and two-way communication. Activities in both types of communication are presented and reviewed in group discussions as they relate to feelings, timing, and accuracy of response. (MJM)

This module allows the learner to examine the manner in which he/she interacts by providing a sample of possible interactions and having the learner demonstrate human relations skills by interacting with others. Role playing, group discussion, and feedback form the crux of this module. (MJM)

This monograph describes the curriculum of the child development center of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. The center provides a model preschool program in which teacher trainees work with children, ages 2-6, (several of whom have developmental deficiencies). The curriculum is designed to help teacher trainees…

This module is designed to prepare the teacher to facilitate reading readiness in children under six years of age. Section 1 provides basic information on reading readiness: (1) an ontogeny for reading from 18-72 months of age; (2) a list of learner outcomes for reading readiness and outcomes related to other areas of perceptual motor, language,…

This module is designed to prepare teachers to facilitate the phonological aspects of language development. Section 1 provides detailed basic background information on phonology, including: (1) definition of three aspects of the phonological system (classification, intonation, and stress) with an ontogeny for each; (2) brief discussions of…

This monograph describes the individuation module (concerning the perceptions, cognitions, feelings, attitudes and beliefs a person develops towards himself), which is part of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. This module deals with six aspects of the emerging self: body image, self-image, self-concept,…

This paper assesses the present state of training, licensing, and certification of early childhood personnel in Pennsylvania. Assessment is based on assumptions requiring conceptualization of (1) certification based on competency or performance, (2) education and training that includes both formal and informal experiences, and (3) planning and…

A series of writings describing some contemporary thoughts about training professional educators and some efforts to meet changing needs are collected in this issue of "Viewpoints." An article on methods of inquiry, written by Ivor Davies, is the first chapter. The problems of the bilingual Latino, with respect to his American schooling, are…

This booklet is one of a series which describes a competency-based teacher education program developed by the staff of the Department of Vocational and Applied Arts Education at Wayne State University. The program consists of competencies, performance objectives, needs assessment, delivery systems, and evaluation, and this booklet contains the…

This unit of the Flexible Learning System (FLS), is designed to help adults working with children aged 4-8 achieve an optimal classroom arrangement for a variety of activities and child groupings. The unit focuses on the interaction between space, materials, classroom activities and educational goals, and is particularly appropriate for educators…

This publication is a collection of papers and reports on major issues in the area of multicultural teacher education--curriculum, research and development, legislation, and performance based teacher education--and descriptions of multicultural programs in existence. The first section, which deals with the issues in multicultural teacher…

This paper presents a "state-of-the-art" in teacher education in the United States. The clinical study of teaching and the rationale for Oklahoma State University's preservice language arts clinical experiences are discussed. A systematically organized structure for the utilization of clinical experiences, the "Teaching…