With fewer individuals entering the education profession, particularly via traditional routes, and increased attrition, the educator workforce has declined. In response, states, districts, and educator preparation programs (EPPs) are leveraging alternative pathways to establish a pipeline of teachers to fill the nation's classrooms. One such…

In 1982 the Colorado Board of Education directed the State Board of Education to organize task forces to address a variety of state educational needs. This report, presented by the Social Studies Task Force, explains the group's purposes and concerns, provides a social studies definition, and outlines the Colorado grades K-12 social studies…

APPROXIMATELY 68 PERCENT OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN ARE BEING SERVED. MICHIGAN'S STATE PROGRAM SERVES MORE THAN 30,000 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN. PROVISIONS FOR EDUCABLE AND TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN INCLUDE (1) EDUCABLE SPECIAL CLASSES, (2) CONSULTANTS WHO WORK WITH…

Developed to accompany the publication entitled "Teacher Training Bibliography: An Annotated Listing of Materials for Bilingual Bicultural Education," this guide contains an alphabetical listing by state of institutions of higher learning providing courses, programs, degrees or certification plans for teachers in bilingual bicultural…

The portfolio, a collection of a student's work over their course of study, has become a popular tool for college teaching. Portfolios have the distinct advantage of engaging the learner in reflection (Reis & Villaume, 2002; Willis & Davies, 2002) and self-assessment (Hill, 2002), while at the same time creating documentation useful for…

A REPORT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHER EDUCATION CLINICS IN WHICH SUGGESTED GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE PREPARATION OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHERS. A SERIES OF CLINICS GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS EDUCATION AND BUSINESS EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR…

Interns (N=128) and cooperating teachers (N=142) in the University of Saskatchewan teacher education internship program were surveyed to determine their perceptions of various program components. The survey focused primarily on four inservices scattered throughout the practicum, which presented teaching tasks in smaller, more manageable components…

Content analysis of 61 student teaching supervision handbooks from Midwest teacher education programs found that these guides did not clearly state program objectives nor clearly define the roles of cooperating teachers and university supervisors. Correlation analysis indicated a lack of congruence between program goals and the outcomes assessed…

This booklet is the fourth annual listing of "Teacher Education Programs for Bilingual Education in U.S. Colleges and Universities." Inquiries were made to all state departments of education and many institutions of higher learning. Within the alphabetically-arranged state listings, programs are grouped according to levels: paraprofessional…

This guide is presented to assist institutions of higher education to: (1) initiate teacher-preparation programs in bilingual education; (2) modify and improve existing bilingual education programs; (3) expand the bilingual education programs into the graduate level; and (4) expand to other graduate programs in addition to teacher education. After…

This directory for literacy workers and adult educators lists universities and institutes that offer training programs to literacy personnel in four geographic regions of the world. The directory contains four sections which are organized alphabetically by geographic region, by countries within each region, and by universities and institutes…

The New Social Studies was introduced to elementary teachers in Livingston, New Jersey, in a series of instructional sessions, introducing games and new materials and illustrating possibilities of adaption to meet needs in elementary grades. (JB)

Five dimensions of a global perspective provide a broad framework around which a summer institute for teachers on the subject of global education was designed. The dimensions, which were selected to help transcend traditional political interpretations, include: (1) perspective consciousness; (2) state of the planet awareness; (3) cross-cultural…

Student teaching handbooks from seven state-supported institutions of higher education that offered special education as a major in preservice teacher education programs were studied to determine the extent to which Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards for student teaching experiences were incorporated into teacher preparation…

THE AIM OF THIS TENTATIVE SYLLABUS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS OF SPANISH IS TO INTEGRATE MORE CLOSELY THE LANGUAGE PRACTICE, APPLIED LINGUISTICS, AND METHODS ELEMENTS OF THE TRAINING COURSE AND TO RELATE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE PRACTICE ELEMENT BY THE INTRODUCTION OF MICROTEACHING. THE FIRST PART OF THIS FOUR-PART SYLLABUS IS ON APPLIED…