Evaluation of Programs for the Preparation of Teachers of Young Children.

Autor/in	Ayers, Jerry B.
Titel	Evaluation of Programs for the Preparation of Teachers of Young Children.
Quelle	(1987), (21 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Followup Studies; Higher Education; Longitudinal Studies; Models; Program Descriptions; Program Evaluation; Program Improvement; Teacher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Analogiemodell; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	This paper (1) briefly describes Tennessee Technological University's past involvement in teacher education follow-up evaluation; (2) discusses work related to the evaluation of programs training early childhood teachers; and (3) describes a new center established to study teacher education program evaluation. In 1973, the University developed and implemented a longitudinal model for systematic data gathering and for making evaluations of its programs in teacher education. During the past 13 years, a variety of data have been collected on 150 variables from over 200 graduates receiving bachelor's and master's degrees who were trained to teach in kindergarten and the primary grades. Graduates appeared to be at a level comparable to or above the 50th percentile and to exhibit many of the characteristics of good teachers. Because of the project, the teacher preparation programs have developed new modules of study in the elementary and early childhood education programs; made major changes in the historical and sociological foundations of education courses; and introduced more educational technology into the undergraduate teacher preparation curriculum. The final part of the paper discusses the Center for Teacher Education Evaluation, which was established in 1986 and aims to develop and implement teacher education program evaluation models; research teacher education program evaluation; and establish improved delivery systems for information about teacher education program evaluation. (RH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC