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The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and Texas teacher training institutions are squaring off because of Texas SB 994, a law that eliminates undergraduate degrees in education and caps requ...
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This article proposes that schools of education must give preservice teacher education the importance it deserves and that professional schools of pedagogy, similar to medical schools, replace undergraduate teacher prepa...
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Describes (1) characteristics of effective preservice teacher preparation programs, (2) characteristics of teachers who have compiled an effective program, and (3) undesirable qualities of teachers not likely to emerge i...
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A discussion of the trend to employ students without pedagogical preparation in teaching positions for brief periods of time is offered in this article. Reasons for the short-term professional emphasis and weaknesses wit...
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Four educators agree the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) should ensure quality of teacher education, change and quantify standards, and increase its power. They oppose both NCATE accredita...
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In the third of four articles concentrating on six basic weaknesses in campus-based teacher education programs, the problems of inadequate research and development activities and ineffective admissions standards are disc...
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This article, the last in a series dealing with deficiencies in teacher education programs, analyzes methods and criteria used in program accreditation and requirements for certifying teachers. Inconsistencies and inadeq...
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Second in a four-part series on campus-based programs in teacher education, this article considers the problems inherent for teacher education in: (1) an undefined body of professional knowledge; and (2) an insufficient ...
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Controversy continues over the merits of field-based teacher education as a superior preparation system versus campus-based preservice teacher education. The first in a series of articles addressed to this controversy fo...
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The knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be an effective classroom teacher are specialized and specific to a particular setting and environment. Teacher education programs should be for the development of school ...
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Criticizes Arthur W. Combs's "Teacher Education: The Person in the Process," published in the April 1978 issue of this journal, and submits that teacher education is a process of developing highly trained and skilled pro...