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An 11 page paper. The first section of this paper presents a history of teacher preparation in the United States. The focus then changes to the issue of teacher preparation and teacher quality. The writer reports a number of studies and position documents that discuss the link between these two aspects of education. The requirements of the NCLB Act for higher quality teachers is brought into the discussion. The last part of the paper discusses some steps the state of Georgia is taking to increase quality of teaching. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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(Education Encyclopedia, 2007). Formal education in the Colonies was greatly influenced by the different religious denominations represented in the Colonies in the 1600s and later (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). At that
time, the three primary institutions in the Colonies were: the home, the house of worship and the schools, in that order (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). The focus of any early training
was Religion and education, or more specifically, the need to teach reading, was for the purpose of being able to read the Bible and for assuring continuity of that particular
denomination. Those who taught these lessons were as devoted and dedicated to achieving these goals as were their religious leaders (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). It was the state of Massachusetts who
pushed education (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). They expanded education beyond the wealthy as it had been in England to include ministers children and also the children of businesspersons and others deemed
worthy (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). This practice eventually spread outside of this state (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). The first paid teacher was in Massachusetts and then by 1638, there was a paid
teacher in Hartford, Connecticut and in Newport, Rhode Island (Education Encyclopedia, 2007). Many teachers in villages had no specific training and barely knew more than the children they were teaching
(Education Encyclopedia, 2007). Training especially for teachers was initiated by St. John Baptist de la Salle in France in 1685 (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2005). August Hermann Francke and Johann
Pestalozzi were responsible for spreading the concept of teacher training throughout Europe and in the 18th century, Germany instituted a curriculum for training teachers (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2005). In
about 1810, the concept spread to the United States (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2005). It seems that in the 17th and 18th centuries, the only requirement for teaching in the
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