Deficiencies of Beginning Teachers

Abstract

From many quarters today come criti cisms of the professional preparation of teachers. "Give us a well-educated per son, a liberal arts graduate," say these critics, "and the 'how' of teaching can and will be learned on the job." Mr. Stout, Director of Training, Northwestern State College, Alva, Oklahoma, who also serves as Chairman of the Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Education and Certification, reports the meaningful re sults of an effort to identify some of the vital factors which should be included in the "how" part of preservice teacher edu cation. Readily admitting that they are not now adequately accomplished in on going professional preparation programs, we may well ask the critics of preservice professional preparation to indicate how the liberal arts graduate can meet these candid evaluations of public school ad ministrators.