The International Dimension of American Teacher Education. A Survey of International Education Programs of American Colleges and Universities

This report describes current efforts in American colleges and universities to incorporate an international perspective in the preparation of teachers and other educational personnel. Chapter I presents an overview of international teacher education and a synopsis of several related studies. The second chapter presents the data. It is organized into five major parts determined by the basic characteristics of any teacher preparation program, i.e., institutional factors, curricula considerations, resource and faculty situations, planning constraints, problems, and the delineation of future policies and needs. A summary of the findings and implications is presented in Chapter III along with a brief overview of data collection and analysis procedures. Chapter IV contains a series of studies involving international-intercultural education. An extensive bibliography and appendixes with related project material are included. (MJM)