This longitudinal comparative analysis examines the experiences of two candidates--one enrolled in an urban residency program and one enrolled in the residency's partner, university-based program--to consider the role that context plays in teacher preparation. Drawing from complexity theory and critical realism, we consider how the interplay of…

This quantitative (quasi-experimental design) study examined the effect of case-based learning (CBL) in an online environment on preservice teachers' culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy (CRCMSE). The Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy Scale was administered as a pre- and posttest to 42 undergraduate…

This article addresses a major and continuing problem in teacher education in the United States and internationally: the ability of programs to prepare teachers to teach successfully and stay over time in historically marginalized communities. After discussion of the factors that have led to the failure of programs to accomplish this goal, several…

Within this issue of "Teacher Education Quarterly," the authors examined asset-based ideologies and approaches, classroom-based global collaboration, and teachers of color resilience through relationships. This article is a response to those articles and poses the questions: Where can we find remnants of hope, healing, justice, and new…

In this article, the authors--university faculty members working across college and school contexts in the United States--detail how teacher educators might address two challenges facing the teacher education field: (a) the long-standing critique of traditional teacher preparation in the United States as an isolated, questionably relevant ivory…

In this qualitative case study, six novice English as a second language (ESL) teachers in a graduate course were asked to describe how they had enacted advocacy for emergent bilinguals. Data were gathered from pre- and post- surveys and semistructured interviews conducted after the semester ended. While the ESL teachers in this study were willing…

Teacher preparation programs and school districts annually invest significant personnel and money to support cohorts of preservice teachers and new first-year teachers. Despite this support, the transition from teacher preparation to the first years of teaching remains challenging. In this article, the authors discuss the impact of a New Teacher…