Over the last decade, there have been multiple recommendations for evaluating, assessing, or holding teacher preparation accountable. This article analyzes recent policy proposals regarding “best practices evaluating programs” by critiquing 19 major reports explicitly focused on evaluation. The analysis revealed that reports’ primary goal was identifying preferred evaluation metrics using rigor...

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.25 HC-$0.90 *ATTITUDES, *BEHAVIOR CHANGE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, HEALTH EDUCATION, *INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, PILOT PROJECTS, *SMOKING, TEACHER EDUCATICN, TEACHING METHODS THE PREMISE, THAT CIGARETTE SMOKING IS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH., IS THE BASIS Cr THIS STUDY. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO CAUSE A SHIFT IN BEHAVIOR FROM THE "PRESMOKER" OR "SMOKING EX...

The importance of teachers and the roles they play in the educative process are central to basic education, particularly in third world countries, there may be close substitutes for teacher-roles in the form of teaching machines with programmed instruction (Balogun 1988) but in third world countries such as Nigeria, teachers undoubtedly remain the managers of knowledge. Therefore, teacher educa...