Paper contributed as Thailand's Country Report to the Eighth Regional Seminar on "The Training and Supervision of Teachers of English as a Second or Foreign Language," July 3-7, 1973, Regional English Language Centre, Singapore. (HW)

Believing that special preparation is necessary for teaching the emerging adolescent in middle school, the author outlines the ideal program and calls for cooperation in developing it on the part of all education agencies. (Editor)

Discusses court litigation concerning the legal aspects of employment relating to certification and qualifications, salaries, contracts, dismissal problems, resignation, loyalty oaths, free speech, collective action, and faculty desegregation. (JF)

Changes that should be considered in the Indiana public school system involve: (1) longer school year; (2) commitment to student and parent freedom of choice; (3) teachers' salaries; (4) tougher graduation requirements; (5) teacher/administrator workload; (6) functional literacy test; (7) concern for non-public education students and teachers; (8)…

The 4-year Korean pharmacy curriculum does not contain components regarded in the United States as preparatory for clinical pharmacy. Community pharmacists routinely compound and dispense drugs without prescription, and physicians generally dispense medications themselves without pharmacy prescription. There is little interaction between…

Results of recent studies of teachers' skills are discussed in the areas of: (1) reading and writing at the postsecondary level; (2) education majors' reading competencies; and (3) reading competencies of practicing teachers. The effects of competency-based teacher certification tests for basic skills proficiency in 14 states are reviewed. (FG)

The requirement of higher scores on standardized tests for admission to colleges and universities and to teacher education programs discriminates against Blacks, who have less advantaged backgrounds than Whites. This requirement and poor Black performance on the Florida Teacher Certification Examination may diminish the pool of Black teachers in…

Discusses a study of students in an innovative medical education program that organizes its curriculum around small-group problem solving and omits grades and written examinations. Examines professional socialization, sources of student uncertainty or anxiety, the striving for professional competence, adaptations to interactional evaluation, and…

Eight social work schools gave the Virginia State Merit System test for social workers to majors and nonmajors. Significant differences were found in the results among schools but little difference between majors and nonmajors. Questions are raised about the test's validity and schools are urged to review the results. (MSE)

Influences in the development or change of teacher education curriculum include: (1) schools of education; (2) federal agencies; (3) state agencies; and (4) professional agencies. The school of education faculty has the least amount of influence and participation in the planning of teacher education curriculum. (JN)

Considered in five articles are various issues relating to licensure and minority-oriented counseling including: (1) developing a rationale for a minority counseling specialty; (2) multicultural counseling as a profession; (3) critical issues in the specialty; (4) research considerations; and (5) the implications of licensure on minority human…

The reform of the nature and content of secondary school teacher preparation programs is advocated in an examination of four key assumptions: (1) Secondary school teachers must be content specialists; (2) Secondary school teachers must teach by lecturing; (3) All students are the same; and (4) Secondary school teachers are best socialized to…

Results of a national survey to determine state certification requirements for elementary school teaching were analyzed to determine the amount of science content required. Very few states appear to be mandating sufficient science training to ensure that elementary school teachers are prepared to teach science. (PB)