This article reflects on the gap between research and practice and three approaches that might be used to promote evidence-based strategies: increasing awareness; improving teacher training; and mounting a focused research agenda. A response echoes the need for research-based practice and discusses the benefits of teacher education programs…

Topics discussed in this feature include the importance of measurement and evaluation (M&E) in physical education, the gap between theory and practice in physical education M&E, accountability, grading and testing, M&E curricula in professional physical education preparation programs, and practical guidelines for constructing assessment…

Educational programs for teachers of English as a Second Language must devote more attention to differences between the standard varieties of American and British English, with instruction focusing on the major orthographic, morphological, syntactic, collocational, and lexical differences. (CB)

Discusses the introduction of art and physical education into the curriculum of mass schooling. Explains why the two subjects diffused more slowly than others into educational systems outside the West. Attributes slow diffusion before World War II to the association of these subjects with colonialism. Concludes that relating the subjects to…

Comments on Early and Winton's research on the characteristics of early childhood teacher preparation programs at 2- and 4-year institutions, noting that these programs need to expand the racial diversity of faculty, define issues in the needs of practitioners and the early childhood field when designing course content, and provide adequate…

This monograph describes elementary teacher education in South Korea and aspects of Korean society that have contributed to the uniqueness of this educative process. Within the context of comparative education, the essay introduces the cultural, social, and institutional attributes of Korea; discusses specifics of the educative process as a…

Much of what teachers know about how to teach and how to conceptualize specific academic content is learned from their undergraduate professors. In 1990, California State University, Fullerton, received a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), Project Teach, to improve the quality of instruction which…

This paper describes major characteristics of Australia and its education system, including changes in the structure of higher education as former Colleges of Advanced Education, where most teacher education in Australia had been conducted, amalgamated with existing universities or became new universities. Preservice teacher education models are…

This paper presents a revised K-12 master's teacher certification program that gives emphasis to training secondary teachers, in response to Alabama's urgent need to have highly trained secondary special education teachers in the area of transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. The proposed teacher preparation program is…

A project was conducted to improve the vocational teacher education program at Northern Illinois University (NIU). Project activities were based on five objectives. To meet the first objective of revitalizing recruitment strategies for the program, three brochures and a recruiting poster were developed. The materials were to be sent to all high…

Care must be taken to ensure that students in teacher preparation programs are prepared to benefit maximally from field experiences. A curriculum that provides prerequisite knowledge, contrived teaching experiences on campus, proper sequencing of experiences, and balance between formal instruction and field experience is needed. Clinical and…

Recommendations are made for improving teacher education starting with internal reform on the part of individual schools of education. It is pointed out that institutions, acting independently and comparing their programs in a realistic way with similar programs in other schools, can identify weaknesses and are in a position to rectify them. An…

This paper reviews the major studies and reports about the development and reform of teacher education over the past century, focusing on the chronic issues and recurring themes in this body of literature. Part 1 reviews the historical development of teacher education in America over four periods: advancement and transformation from normal schools…

Summaries are presented of three papers presented at a summer workshop on Quality Assurance in Teacher Education conducted by the Association of Teacher Educators. The general topic covered by these presentations was teacher candidate selection and evaluation. Papers focused upon the following questions: (1) What entry level criteria should be…

Teachers should be viewed as decision makers who are required hourly to make serious value choices, who serve both individuals and society, who are in an institution where real power differentials exist, and whose learning and teaching responsibilities are increasingly supported by an empirical research tradition requiring highly situational…