HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
NEW TEACHER CERTIFICATION PLAN AT U. OF
WIS CONS IN
Madi2on t Wisw—(l.P.) The University of
Wisconsin School of Education has
come up with a plan that may revolution—
ize requirements for tciacher certificat—
ion in the state. "To put it simply,
we plan to recommend students for
teacher certification on the basis of
what they know and can do.to measure
their general knowledge and scholarship
and their teaching ability— , rather than
to require specific information that may
be contained in any particular course,"
Dean Lindley J. Stiles reveals.
As an alternate to the present plan for
certifying tearlhers, which requires
specific courses in a more or less
inflexable pattern, the student or
teacher may choose to prove by examinat—
ion that he has mastered the required
material in three areas: liberal or
general education, the subject field he
plans to teach, and the learning process.
On passing the exams he becomes elegitlo
to demonstrate his ability to teach.
"With the blessing of the State Depart-*
vent of Public Instruction we are calling
on other colleges in the state to help
us develop this into a statewide system.
Our object is to make certain, in these
days of teacher shortage, that no
competent teacher is denied a certificate
for teaChing,"Dean Stiles added.
The education faculty has also approved
the wblock" plan for student teaCting
in secondary education to give
students more concentrated time in
actual, class—room experience.
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UNIVERSITY CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN
CO .04.6./.13(
a.P.,— The University
of Conneticut's plan for superior State
high sOhool students is paying dividends,
the director of the program, whieh is
now entering its fourth year#o44ollAd
high sohodl.etmdante.have been *king
Stows Conn
university'-level courses at their
local schools, sometimes in addition
to their regular academic load•
Raymond A• Houghton, of the School of
Education, who currently directs the
cooperative venture, pointed out that
406 high school students have already
earned universitp-oredit sihoe the
programts inception in 1955. Of this
number, 195 earned their credits last
year. Eleven high schools across the
State are participating•
Interest in the program has grown
rapidly from the outset, Mr, Houghton
observed, Seventy'-six received credits
during the inaugural year; 115 were
enrolled in the program during 1956-57)
and 195 participated last year, Of the
first -Tear group of 76, 63 students
entered a total of 33 institutions of
higher learning, including 11 who £r
enrolled at the University, Later
figures have not been completely
processed yet.
According to Mr. Houghton * "27 per cent
of the admitting colleges automatically
accepted transfer credit during the stu-0
dentis first years Eighteen per cent
gave advanced placement * indicating full
credit might be granted at a later dates"
However, he also reported that 13 per
cent of the institutions refused to
cept credit and 37 per cent of the stu—
dents did not request. The refusal of
the students to request credit did not
surprise Mr, Houghton because one of the
program's aims is to enrich the student's
background enabling him to substitu
advanced courses for intoductory courses
when he enters college.
On the other hand, ivir. Houghton maintain*.
ed that more and more students were be—
ginning to apply these credits at their
colleges as they have become more fami—
liar with the possibility of accelerating
their career.
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