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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 022 713 SP 001 503 By- Taylor, Harold THE WORLD AND THE AMERICAN TEACHER: THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS IN THE FIELD OF WORLD AFFAIRS. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C. Spons Agency-American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C. Pub Date 68 Note 319p. Available from-American Assn. of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1201 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 ($6.50) EDRS Price MF-$125 HC Not Available from EDRS. Descriptors-AGENCY ROLE, AMERICAN CULTURE, COLLEGE ROLE, CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING, *CULTURAL PLURALISM, *EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, FOREIGN RELATIONS, GOVERNMENT ROLE, INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, *INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, PRIVATE AGENCIES, STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION, TEACHER CERTIFICATION, *TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM, TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, *WORLD AFFAIRS Identifiers- Agency for International Development, AID, International Education Act of 1966, International Secretariat for Volunteer Service, ISVS, Peace Corps, United Nations, Volunteers to America This book represents a 2-year study of the problems and possibilities for extending the education of teachers to include education in international and cultural pluralism. It presents evidence and conclusions drawn from visits toa 50-institution cross section of colleges and universities where teachers are prepared and from conferences with educators, government officials, students, United Nations personnel, and members of private organizations an.1 public agencies. The "Introduction" reviews the methodology of the study and places it in the context of current activity in the field. Chapter 1is a background analysis of the dimensions of the problem of educating teachers in the American system and its cultural and social setting. The role of "Colleges for Teachers" is dicsussed in Chapter 2, particularly with reference to programs of such group.s as the Peace Corps. Chapter 3 reviews programs of "International Experience Abroad and at Home whichare possible through existing. organizations and irdernational connections. Chapter 4, "The Certification Question, deals with the rose of federal, state, and local agencies along with educational associations and private organizations in teacher s.clucation. "The Cultural Element in Foreign Policy: examines the relationship between the education of American teachers and the conduct of foreign policy. A final chapter summarizes 72 recommencations for improving the quality of education in a world dimension. (JS) PROCESS WITHMICROFICHE AND PUBLISHER'SPRICES. MICRO- FICHE REPRODUCTIONONLY. ..., T..- ... t.:AtOfcik.':/.60,0t11.#1:0N .OF COLLEGESfg:k.l: 'A.H:a, Ippc: I.071,0$1:'... PROCESS WITH MICROFICHEAND PUBLISHER'S PRICES. MICRO- FICHE REPRODUCTION ONLY. THE WORLD AND THE !I' .1, 40 The Preparation of Teachers in the Field o. World Affairs HAROLD TAYLOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OFCOLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION Published by THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 The research reported herein was performed pursuant toa contract with the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Officeof Education, under theprovisions ofthe Cooperative Research Program. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 68-19800 Printed in the U.S.A. Additional copies of this publicationare available at $6.50 each. Order from: DR. EDWARD C. POMEROY, Executive Secretary THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Permission to reproduce this copyrighted workhas been granted to the Educational Resources InformationCenter (ERIC) and to theorganization operating undercontract with the Office to Education to reproducedocuments in- cluded in the ERIC system by means of microficheonly, but this right isnot conferred toany users of the micro- fiche received fromthe ERIC DocumentReproduction Service. Further reproductionof any part requiresper- mission of the copyrightowner. Foreword The World and the American Teacher reflectsin a significant way the growing contribution of the American Association ofColleges for Teacher Education to the development ofa curriculum for prospective teachers which effectively represents the interpational relationshipsso much a part of today's world. Fortunately for the Association andfor the remaking of American teacher education, the interest and scholarlyefforts of Harold Taylor were sec ured to conduct the study whichis so well reported in this volume. Dr. Harold Taylor has long beenIn advocate of change and improve- ment in American education.Formerly president of Sarah Lawrence College, he has written and spoken eff:xtivelyregarding the problems facing higher ed ucation, including teachereducation. The Conferenceon World Education, held at Airlie House, Virginia,December 9-11, 1966, and reported by Dr. Taylor inan earlier publication of AACTE, was an integral part of a two-year effort represented bythe present volume. The study was instituted in 1965as a result of the efforts of the AACTE Committeeon International Relations and has been supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education, The Association'scommittee has provided general direction of the studyfrom its inception and appointed the National Advisory Committee which worked closelywith Dr. Taylor. The committec members include the following: H. KENNETH BARKER, Dean of the Collegeof Education and Dean of International Programs, University ofAkron. HENRY STEELE COMMAGER, Professor ofAmerican History, Amherst College. PETER GILLINGHAM, Executive Associate of Educationand World Affairs, Counsel f.0 the House of RepresentativesTask Force on the International Education Act. FRANCIS HAMBLIN, Chairman, InternationalRelations Commit- tee of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; presently Vice-President forAcademic Affairs, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. FRANK KLASSEN, Associate Secretary ofthe American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. BRIAN URQUHART, Office of the Secretary Generalof the United Nations. HARRIS WOFFORD, President, State Universityof New York in Old Westbury. AACTE commends its Committeeon International Relations, the members of the National Advisory Committee,Dr. Taylor and hisasso- ciates, and members of the AACTE staff who havebrought the study to completion. The results will be addedto other Association efforts to assist member institutions in improving theirprograms of instruction, the federal government in assessing and revising its internationalprograms, and the Association itself in determining future activitiesin international education. The views expressed in thisreport are those of Dr. Taylor and donot necessarily represent the position of AACTE.Dr. Taylor was encomaged from the beginning to conduct the study withoutrestrictions other than those imposed by hisown integrity as a scholar. Readers will undoubtedly find some viewpoints whichare controversial as well as those with which they strongly agree. It is the expectation ofAACTE that this study will be F rovocative and that it will push forward the improvementof teacher education by means ofmore effective consideration of world affairsas an integral part of every teacher'spreparation. EDWARD C. POMEROY Executive Secretary March 1968 iv Contents Introduction 1 Teacher Education and Internationalism 5 The International Education Act of 19667 Education and World Affairs8 The International Programs of American Universities9 The Conference on World Education10 Additional Documents 11 The Point of View12 Chapter 1.The Dimensions of the Problem14The Context of Education 18 The Argument for Internationalism20 The Community and Its Culture21 The International Content of the Curriculum26 Some Underlying Causes of Neglect29 The Growth in Size32 Changes in American Society36 The Response of Educators39 A Personal Note on Educational Theory 42 The Definition of World Affairs44 The Graduate School of Education49An Alternative Example55 Some Analogies with the Professional Schools56 Some Examples of International Pro- grams in Graduate Schools of Education59 Teachers College, Columbia University59 Stanford University61 University of Michigan62 The Sources of Initiatives64 Some Samples of Programs70 The General Conditions73 Western and Non- Western Cultures75 The National Shortage of Teachers80 Some Points of Intervention84 The State Colleges and Uni- versities86 Chapter 2.Colleges for Teachers89The Academic Intelligence 91 The Student Movement Toward Autonomy93 The New Graduate Student94 Student Initiatives in Internationalism96 Conservatism and the Social Sciences98 Students and the Teaching Profession99 Education for Students 101 The Con- version of Colleges102 The Peace Corps as a Teachers College 103 The Impact of the Peace Corpson Education 104 A New Framework for the Education of Teachers107 The Lessons of the Peace Corps109 Some Extensions of the Idea of Voluntary Service Abroad112 International Education at Home 120 The Quali- ties of Cultural Learning 121 The Role of Colleges for Education 122 An Idea for the Use of Existing Resources124 The World Confederation of Organizations