The practicum is an important part of teacher education and has been widely studied from a variety of perspectives, including teacher candidates, associate or cooperating teachers, and supervisors. In this issue of "Studying Teacher Education," each author has written a self-study describing a personal journey of coming to understand…

In this article, the author has equated the principal's relationship with the president of the teachers' union as a dance where each wants to lead and yet there is, as in most relationships, a mutual dependency that makes each person realize that there is a time when one leads and a time when one follows. The author presents the details of when…

Teacher identity is defined in its relations, on the one hand, to curriculum and, on the other, to students: to be identified as a teacher is to be taken by the latter as a bearer of the former. In this essay, I consider some variations on theorising teacher identity within these relational terms. Beginning with the educational task of cultivating…

Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is now firmly on government agendas in many countries, including England, and the need to develop a professional workforce is generally agreed. The reform of the children's workforce in England acknowledges that increasing the skills and competence of this workforce is critical to its success. Two new…

The digital age is infiltrating colleges of education around the country, but while some faculty are jumping on the bandwagon and working hard to improve their own technological literacy and that of their students, other faculty are resistant, afraid that technology may "dehumanize" education. School districts around the country are investing…

A school can be an educational opportunity for mentally retarded citizens only if its teachers and learners can decide together on such things as the purposes toward which activities are directed, the means of reaching them, and the subject matter to be used in stimulating thinking. (Author/NQ)

Addresses the relational clarification of child abuse prevention roles. Presents profiles for the Ministry of Education, school boards, school principals, classroom teachers, and discusses in detail the role of guidance personnel. Illustrates that the role profiles can be developed in the context of a general framework and its organizing…

Five professionals in special education present their views regarding the conflict which arises between acting in the role of child advocate and functioning as a professional employee. Reference is made to suggestions for teacher preparation institutions from G. Frith. (SW)

The author examines the meaning of pedagogical caring as a role concept, and clarifies difficulties which have issued from a confusion of pedagogical and psychotherapeutic professional roles. (MJB)

This article argues that the chief challenge for developing and sustaining internationalization in the context of the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century is the engagement of the faculty. It argues that although higher education has been successful in providing mechanisms for student mobility because institutions have not successfully…

Five position papers developed by the Division for the Visually Handicapped, Council for Exceptional Children are presented. N. Bryant, in "The Continuum of Services for Visually Impaired Students," outlines program alternatives for visually impaired students. S. Spungin ("The Role and Function of the Teacher of the Visually…

The various roles that a teacher enacts are examined from four perspectives in this paper. Part one: "The Curriculum Text" presents a series of observations of classroom activity, and part two: "A Student Perspective" includes a collection of interviews with students who had been previously observed. The teacher's tape-recorded thoughts are…

Both artist and teacher share many common qualities, and also differ in many ways. The important thing is not so much that art educators declare professional identity with either profession, but that we realize and strive for excellence in all areas of art education. (Author)

Focuses on the indicators of effectiveness in a case study of an alternative school. The clarification of staff roles in conjunction with the development of innovative roles is stressed as an important success factor. Includes a discussion of role theory. (APM)

Argues that the issues raised by the exchange of papers between Simon Borg and Paul Rastall are fundamental to the process of education and to the roles and identities of teachers and researchers. Points out that the distinction between the two kinds of knowledge within which education operates lies at the heart of the problem of bridging practice…