Excellence in Teacher Education through the Liberal Arts. Proceedings of the Conference on Excellence in Teacher Education through the Liberal Arts (Allentown, PA, May 20-21, 1986).

Overview & Synopsis

This volume presents papers given at a conference on the role of liberal arts in teacher education. Titles and authors are: (1) "The Connections between Teacher Education and School Reform" (Theodore R. Sizer) with a panel response by J. William Moore and Others; (2) "Teaching: A Career of Choice" (Edward J. Meade, Jr.); (3) "Liberal Learning and Teacher Education" (Maxine Greene); (4) "What Are the Fundamental Problems in the Professional Education of Teachers?" (Alan R. Tom); (5) "Teacher Education and the Liberal Arts: The CETE Position" (Eva F. Travers and Susan Riemer Sacks); (6) "The Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Teacher Education Curriculum" (Hugh G. Petrie); (7) "Reflections on Excellence in Teacher Education through the Liberal Arts" (Thomas Warren); (8) "Historical and Normative Dimensions of Current Teacher Education Programs" (Edmund C. Short); (9) "Undergraduate Teacher Training and the Liberal Arts" (Sheila K. Hollander); (10) "Teacher Education and the Liberal Arts: Valuing Learning" (Roberta Weiner); (11) "Maxine Green and Empowering through the Arts" (Mary C. Crawford); and (12) "What an Elementary Teacher Should Profess" (Eileen Cunningham). (CB)