This study is based on data collected during 6 years (12 semesters) in the secondary science methods courses at an urban university in Southern California. The secondary science credential candidates were teaching on emergency permits or internship credentials in local urban secondary schools. They taught science during the day and pursued their…

Students entering teacher preparation programs often exhibit a desire to be shown the magic bullet of teaching practice. When they fail to be presented with recipes for success, or when the instruction they receive in methods classes does not match their own understanding of instructional methods and what they believe methods should be, they can…

A discussion of using pictures to teach media equipment operation in preservice teacher education at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (HB)

How future teachers at the University of Oregon learn to use television. (Author)

The study reported here investigated the relationship between early field experiences and the concerns of students preparing to become teachers. (CS)

Concludes that involvement in a supervised teacher-learner context is essential in creating a meaningful learning environment for undergraduate students in reading. (RB)

THE COORDINATED EFFORTS OF A TEAM OF EDUCATORS FROM THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, AND PERSONNEL AT FOUR SCHOOLS IN THE BLOOMINGTON METROPOLITAN SYSTEM TO PROVIDE TEACHER AIDE EXPERIENCES FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJORS AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEACHING PROGRAM THROUGH CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL PUPILS, SMALL-GROUP…

This paper describes the development of a course in secondary school reading methods which was designed to meet the diverse needs and objectives of students who intend to become either content specialists or reading specialists. Students are presented with 23 instructional objectives from which they choose the ones which satisfy their objectives.…

With decreasing enrollments in student teaching programs and the increasing need for more responsive education, it has become imperative that the choosing of cooperating teachers be more selective and that all concerned--university supervisors of student teachers, cooperating teachers, teachers of methods classes in the college of education, and…

This paper discusses how the contributions of psychology may be fruitfully applied to the problem of teacher education and describes a curriculum offering designed and implemented to illustrate the author's conclusions regarding theory and practice. Conclusions from the discussion section are 1) teacher training problems can be seen as emerging…

The objectives of this investigation were: (1) to construct test problems which assess skill in resolving problems in teaching reading, (2) to develop criteria for assessing performance on these problems, and (3) to explore the usefulness of the constructed problems in discussing the professional skills of those who teach reading. Data on…

Describes an outline for evaluating student essays, involving holistic evaluation, rating of the writer's effectiveness in displaying a particular "primary trait," and rating on mechanics. (DD)

Outlines a module on diagnostic and prescriptive teaching which was developed for teachers in service who needed a refresher course in reading. (JM)