The problem of this study concerns the structure and content of teacher education programs in colleges and universities which are members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
A questionnaire was developed and consisted of four sections: (1) general background information of the respondent; (2) questions relating to the live NCATE standards using a Likert scale of 1 to 3, regarding respondent's teacher education program; (3) general information concerning Bible credit hours required, critical problems and factors considered in job placement of graduates; and (4) an opinionnaire concerning current issues in teacher education, significant changes in respondents' programs and cooperative and unusual program arrangements. One hundred questionnaires were mailed to the 100 collegiate members of ACSI in 1987. Of the 75 returned, 57 were usable. This represents a 57 percent response rate.
Based on the information provided by the chairpersons participating in the study, the following conclusions are drawn relative to ACSI teacher education programs:
1. The influence of an outside agency, such as the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), seems to benefit teacher education programs.
2. State accreditation of teacher education programs appears to be important to both NCATE and non-NCATE accredited programs.
3. Of the five NCATE standards, knowledge base for professional education was the standard that seemed to be the strongest to ACSI collegiate members.
4. ACSI schools emphasize biblical and theological education concurrent with teacher education.
5. Institutions with NCATE accredited programs seem to be satisfied with NCATE accreditation, although institutions with non-NCATE accredited programs seem to favor additional accreditation from an organization other than NCATE.
6. The small number of ACSI programs accredited by NCATE may be due to (1) theological conflicts, (2) fiscal requirements, (3) the amount of work involved in the accreditation process, or any combination of the three.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc330734 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Kivioja, Larry A. (Larry Albert) |
| Contributors | Kingery, Dwane, Kemerer, Frank R., Smith, Howard Wellington |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 182 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Kivioja, Larry A. (Larry Albert), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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