Douglas E. Scates

Evaluative Studies of Teacher Education

An important aspect of the supply of teachers-the special theme of this issue of the JOURNAL—is the quality of their preparation. In the highly responsible vocation of teaching, quality is in every sense as important as quantity. To specify all of the qualities of professional leadership desired in each new teacher, however, is more difficult than to specify the number of new teachers needed. Hence it becomes essential to examine unceas ingly those educational conditions and processes which it is hoped during college years will bring out and develop the requisite qualities. Mr. Barr, Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, and long a leader in research in this area, and Mr. Singer, a teaching assistant at the same University, have Prepared especially for this issue of the JOURNAL a summary of recent research which seeks to evaluate various practices in teacher education. This summary represents an extensive canvass of the research literature and brings to a focus the findings of various studies on this particular issue. —Douglas E. Scates, Editor.

Developing a Depth Questionnaire to Explore Motivation and Likelihood of Action

the general field of adult education; the part which is reported here deals specifically with the instrument which was designed to measure the interest of employees in taking college courses, and the likelihood that they would actually do so if the appropriate courses were provided.3 All questionnaire makers face technical and psychological problems. Those who work in the fields of attitude and behavior

A Tribute To Ignorance

CLYDE Kluckhohn pointed out that if a visitor from a &dquo;primitive&dquo; country, with anthropological training, studied our culture, he would consider many of our cherished beliefs to be superstitions) Such a person would most likely find our attitude toward knowledge a curiosity. How do you suppose he would react_ to the claim that knowledge (multiple explanations of reality expressed in symbolic form), a commodity secured by the intellect, automatically liberates human beings? I believe this would strike him as

Doctoral Studies in Teacher Education: 1954-55

man,l 142, or one in ten relate directly to the education of school teachers. These are presented in the list which follows, classified and cross-referenced under ten categories in the manner described in preceding articles.2 Page numbers, where available, and corrections in titles, were kindly supplied by university reference librarians. Four uses of such annual lists suggest themselves to the present writer: (1) as an illustration of the kinds of research currently being done in the area of teacher education (for administrators, faculty, and thesis directors who wish to maintain an over-all view); (2) a current reading list of relevant research-for those connected with teacher education who wish to read particular studies that seem of interest to them; (3) a source list of references for those who wish research in certain areas of teacher education, perhaps for class bibliographies, for theses, or other studies; (4) suggestions to graduate students as to the

Unlocking for the Profession A Wealth of Educational Research

He then presented an exquisitely bound copy of the work to the person most directly responsible for this completely new edition, the Encyclopedia’s editor, Chester W. Harris, of the University of Wisconsin. Behind this simple exchange of courtesies lay uncounted hours of volunteer work by professional persons, all experts in their respective fields of specialization and in their understanding of research. Behind the immediate summarizing work of the 200 contributors is a vast network of one research

Recent Surveys of In-Service Teacher Education

Studies of City and County Programs Baker (4) reported on the in-service program of Austin, Texas. Capehart (8) dealt with the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, schools; Tower (36) investigated the program of the Indianapolis school system; O’Reilly (29) studied the effects of an in-service program on a group of home economics teachers; and Silverman (34) surveyed the principal’s leadership in the elementary schools of New York City. In-service teacher education programs in counties located in Wisconsin, Alabama, and Texas, respectively, were studied by Emans (16), Davis (13), and Williams (39). Pridgeon (31) reported on a program in one of the parishes of Louisiana.

Educational Planning for Tomorrow

TWO of the large national concerns W at the present time are the provision of enough school buildings and the securing of enough teachers. The &dquo;impending tide&dquo; of college students is causing concern to those responsible for the provision of higher educational opportunities. Planning in all these areas leans heavily on statistics and statistical calculations. A little reflection makes clear, however, that the statistical work is only one part of a complex of activities that must take place if we are to be prepared for the unfolding realities of the years ahead. The educational needs of our society are affected by a host of factors-local, national, and international which create not only general demands but highly specialized and rapidly changing demands. Educational planning is, accordingly,