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is acute in every field" he
added. Some new attack on
the problem is clearly indi-
Gated"
DR.. Carmichael proposed q
three-year master Of arts de-
gree program. This would be-
gin in the junior year in COL
lege and go through the first
year Of graduate work. On top
of this, he said, q two-year
PhD. program could be devel-
oped. Thus a student could get
his masters degree In five
years Of college work, and his
doctorate in eight.
Although at present many
colleges offer the Ph.D. In
three years beyond the bache-
lor's degree, too often this is
only in theory, not in practice.
Frequently 1t takes a student
from six to 10 years, not three.
OF get his doctorate. Many fall
by the way because Of the
length of time and uncertainty
of the program.
| Another major problem dis
cussed by the assembled edu-
Gators was the trend Of train
ling teachers on the ''internshir
plan" Twenty colleges re-
ported that they were expert
menting with new training
methods. DR.. Alvin c. Zurich,
director Of the Fund for the
Advancement Of Education.
and spokesman for the new
teaching trends. said that a
massive breakthrough has been
achieved.
Breakthrough Seen
The new programs have
these traits IN common: They
take liberal arts graduates and
give them one year Of inten-
sive training to develop them
into elementary or secondary
school teachers. Emphasis is
placed on the humanities
rather than on the skills and
techniques of teaching. A part
nership has been arranged be-
tween the colleges and school
systems in which the public
schools pay the 'interns" for
the on-the-job training.
Said DR.. Zurich:
"The new programs Of teach
er education from coast tc
coast constitute q real break
through to better preparation
Of future teachers. Rigid pat.
terms have been broken. Schoo.
systems are cooperating with
colleges and universities in pro.
viding paid internships and re.
lating professional education tt
actual practice"
According to DR.. Zurich thi!
trend should provide more
literally educated teachers whC
are efficient in using new tool
for learning. Emphasis has beer
placed on the use Of television
tape recording and other tech.
lnological aids.
Cooperative Arrangement
Reports presented from sucf
diverse institutions as thu
George Peabody School fol
Teachers, Oberlin, University
Of Wisconsin, Harvard, Brown
Stanford, ell, Duke
Yeshiva, Bucknell, Barnard
New York University. Michigan
Central, Michigan State, Wayne
Claremont, California South.
ern and the University Of
Chicago indicated the scope
and breadth Of the new teacher
training programs. All these
colleges and universities have
received Ford Foundation funds
and have introduced expert
mental teacher plans.
1--WE are convinced that the
new programs in developing
teachers will provide the Nation
with more and with better
qualified teachers" DR.. Zurich
declared.
"Unless we can meet the
teacher shortage both on the
public school and the college
level, we are in serious trouble. /"
A cooperative arrangement
has been made by Harvard
University with a number OF
liberal arts colleges, DR.. Fran
els Keppel, dean Of the Har-
ward Graduate School of Edu-
cation, reported. Students with
their bachelors degrees in lib
eral arts spend their fifth year
at Harvard. They get profess
sional training as well as on
the-job teaching experience in
the school systems that are
within committing radius of
Cambridge.
TOp-Flight Students
"This program has proved
successful in attracting top
flight liberal arts students into
the teaching profession" DR..
Keppel declared. 1--WE are ex-
lpanding it during the coming
years, both in terms of num-
bers and quality Of work Of
fered."
The Aspen conference brought
out one important point: Edu-
Gators everywhere are deeply
concerned with the quality of
education being offered in this
fcountry today. They do not
want the schools or colleges to
be watered down because of the
large influx of students. En-
rollments are increasing year
by year. Today some as million
boys and girls are in school and
college. Within 10 years the
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