Fourth, many university schools ofeducation
believe that four years of
undergraduate course work in teacher education
is inadequate for preparing today's
teachers. I taught at Truman State University (Kirksville, Missouri) for over thirty
years and we did away with the four year
Baccalaureate degree for teacher preparation
and now require all new teachers to
possess the Master of Arts in Education
(MAE), a five year degree for preservice
teachers.