The purpose of the Ohio Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is to stimulate improvement in programs of teacher education through the joint activity of teacher education institutions in the State of Ohio which are interested in working collectively to achieve the following objectives: |
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To
assist the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
(AACTE) in developing and defining positions
on issues of importance to teacher education. |
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| • | To
assist the AACTE in coalescing support for national policy that advances
teacher education. |
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identify publicly the interests of those persons and institutions
providing teacher
education and to emphasize that such persons and
institutions constitute a special professional enterprise responsible
for the development of competent Citizens, |
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provide member institutions with a forum for continuous exchange
of information,
experiences, and judgments concerning all
aspects of teacher education, |
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cooperate with other professional organizations and agencies in activities
designed
to establish desirable directions, goals and
standards for teacher education. |
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| • | To
cooperate with organizations and agencies toward the end of enhancing
the environment
of teacher education in the State of Ohio. |
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| • | To
stimulate and facilitate research, experimentation, and evaluation
in teacher education
and in related problems of learning
and teaching; to serve as a clearing house of information and reports
on these matters; and to publicize the findings of studies that have
significance for the improvement of teacher education. |
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| • | To
encourage and assist the administrators of teacher education institutions
in developing
improved programs for the education of teacher |
