Affiliation:
1. Illinois State University
2. University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
Abstract
This article describes a 10-yr. comparison study of needs and press scores for those students enrolled in a teacher-education program at one university. Responses on the Activities Index and College Characteristics Index were contrasted for the years 1961 and 1971. Current prospective teachers exhibited less intellectual and dependency needs but greater needs for impulse expression than those of 10 yr. ago. Correspondingly, current students perceived their college environment to exert less press for intellectualism and dependency. However, in apparent conflict with their needs, present day teacher-trainees perceived their environment as demanding less impulse expression. Some comparisons indicated that teacher-education students have become somewhat more like the general student population in terms of needs and press.