Council of Europe Information Bulletin 3/1973.

Overview & Synopsis

The first part of this document contains reports of committee activities and discussions in the areas of higher education and research, general and technical education, out-of-school education and cultural development, and educational documentation and research. The second part, which is the major section, is devoted to papers presented at a symposium on research and reform in teacher education. Some comparisons are made of programs in the United States with those in Europe, mainly in England, France, and Germany. Some topics discussed are performance-based teacher education, field experience, objectives, and course content. Individual papers emphasize such areas as the state of present research, relating theories of learning to teacher education, whether present teacher-training is of any use, the transition from student teaching to full-time teaching, the technology of teacher training, and prospects for future teacher education. (LS)