The demand on the part of the public for adult education stems
from four basic causes: The steady rise of the educational level,
the increasing demands of changing culture, the effects and influences
of war, and the need for human association. As a result,
public demand for adult education in...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Oregon State University undergraduate elementary education program. More specifically, the investigation sought answers to the following questions:
1. What are the graduates' judgments of pertinent areas of the
elementary teacher education program?
2. To what extent does...
The purpose of this study was to assist the development of an
improved technical teacher education program. Specifically, the
project sought to determine what, if any, factors in the backgrounds
of successful technical teachers may have accounted for their success
in teaching. To provide information to this end, the investigation...
This study was designed to answer
1. What are the practices of secondary supervising teachers
in conferring with their Oregon State University student
teachers?
2. What are the beliefs of secondary supervising teachers
concerning conferences with Oregon State University student
teachers?
To obtain answers to the questions of this study...
The increasing demand for vocational-technical training at the
community college level stems from four interrelated factors: the
impact of automation and technology, the rapid population increase,
he social awareness of the economic plight of minority groups, and
concern for the non-college-bound high school graduate or drop-out.
As a result, community...
Internship and field experience programs have been used to
prepare educators for roles in public school teaching and administration;
junior college and university teaching, and adult education.
Based on a survey of the literature it is apparent that little attention
has been given to the role that these internship and...
A decade after the School of Education at Oregon State University adopted a spiral model of curriculum for teacher education,
a study was conducted to determine if Instructional Media, one
thread of that model, was spiralled in the curriculum.
A survey was conducted of graduating seniors, using a questionnaire to...
This study was to determine the common competencies needed in
physical education graduate curricula as perceived by physical
education teachers and other physical educators in Thailand, to
determine if differences existed among three groups of physical
educators on the Importance of Content and Level of Learning of
the selected competencies,...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of theological
education on philosophy of human nature among Sunday school teachers in
the Church of the Nazarene. Research materials consisted of Wrightsman's
Philosophy of Human Nature scale and a demographic questionnaire
constructed by the researcher. These materials were mailed...
Organizations leading education reform of the 1980's
have challenged teacher education programs at colleges and
universities across the nation to improve the subject
matter content preparation of teachers. Past methods of
program development and techniques to assess teacher's
knowledge competence have been one-sided in their
approach. New research studies on...
The recent focus on transition from school to working
life has created a growing concern in Oregon about teachers
with elementary certification as their initial certification
who earn a special education certificate and teach students
with disabilities in secondary settings. Thus, the purpose
of this study was to investigate the...
The purpose of this study was to identify competencies
which are perceived as important by Thai adapted physical
educators, to determine the differences that exist in the
way physical education professors and adapted physical
educators judge the level of each competency, and to
recommend a set of competencies for adapted...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate
consumer knowledge and attitudes toward consumer education
of college students in secondary teacher education
preparatory programs in Korea.
Specifically, this study was aimed to 1) measure the
degree of consumer knowledge of college students in
secondary teacher education preparatory programs, 2)...
Contributions of selected personal and social perceptual factors to the
teaching performance of 67 female, undergraduate, Caucasian students, enrolled as
student teachers in a multicultural preschool setting associated with a teacher
preparation program, were examined. The multicultural preschool setting enrolled
children from both International and U.S. cultures. Student teachers were...
In the past decade, issues related to cultural diversity and pluralism
have risen to the forefront in education. The increasing cultural diversity in
American classrooms and communities requires preservice teachers to be
ready to promote multiple perspectives within their curricula and among their
students. The purpose of this study was...