Teaching Teachers

📖 The Scoop

This monograph presents information about institutions of higher education where teachers are educated and about the faculty, students, and programs of these institutions. Information is presented under six headings: (1) "Introduction and Methodology" (Gary Galluzzo); (2) "Institutional Characteristics" (Richard Arends and Gary Galluzzo); (3) "Students: A Profile" (Antoine Garibaldi and Nancy Zimpher); (4) "The Elementary Education Professoriate" (Mary Kluender and Edward Ducharme); (5) "Student and Faculty Perceptions of Program Quality" (Kenneth Howey); and (6) "Multiple Purposes for Using Data in Teacher Education" (Sam Yarger). Ninety institutions taken from the AACTE membership list of 713 institutions constituted the sample; 1,141 elementary education preservice teachers and 251 professors in elementary education returned their questionnaires. Faculty and student questionnaires supplied demographic information as well as information such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, and salary; and respondents' opinions concerning the quality of programs, the rigor of coursework and requirements, and students' future teaching plans. The institutional questionnaire solicited information characterizing the institutions: their enrollments, the academic abilities of their enrollees, and selected features of the elementary education programs offered. Findings are presented in tables and graphs accompanied by narrative discussion. (JD)

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