Six graduate students provide autobiographical accounts of their experiences as members of an informal, student-initiated, grade-free study group which met monthly to discuss issues in progressive education. (IAH)

Presents four images of teachers as the basis of a conceptual framework for a teacher education program to develop teachers as leaders (including teacher as scholar, reflective practitioner, partner in learning, and fully functioning person). Teacher education programs must propose an image of teaching as a rich, complex lifelong journey. (SM)

A commencement speech to aspiring teachers discusses the complexities of becoming a teacher to help graduates cope realistically with any obstacles they might encounter. The paper stresses that teaching young children is an intensely personal experience that is well worth the struggle. (SM)

A teacher reflects on the low status of people in the teaching profession, stressing the need for improved teacher education to improve teacher status. Several hopeful signs (e.g., institutions developing teacher education as a graduate specialty, emphasizing careful work with teachers) indicate teacher education may be gaining more respect. (SM)

A teacher describes how to incorporate literature for adolescents into teacher education classes to expose future content area teachers to the needs of adolescents, introduce them to children from different cultures, present ideas on needs of disabled students, and become aware of problems students of today's society face. (SM)

A teacher educator discusses activities which are included in her language arts methods course. Content and process in language arts teaching are explored within a classroom context that encourages reflection, collegial discussion, and scholarly analysis. (IAH)

The graduate teaching assistantship, structured as an internship experience, provides an effective mechanism for training teacher educators. Guidelines for structuring training seminars (an essential component of the internship) are outlined in this article, as well as personal, pedagogical, and professional benefits accruing to participants. (IAH)

This article attempts to identify the limitations inherent in the model of teacher preparation as training within the context of current educational reforms in Singapore. Through clarifying the distinction between training and education, this article argues that two largely overlooked aspects of teacher education--one concerning transforming the…

This paper describes a series of attempts by a novice teacher educator to foster reflective talk among interns in a weekly seminar. Drawing on Dewey's dilemma of bridging the child's inclinations with the demands of the curriculum, the paper explores the challenge of connecting interns' needs with teacher educators' goals. The paper advocates the…

Media literacy education is an emerging field in the US. At the same time, accountability in public schools is soaring. Critical media literacy, with its liberatory pursuits, is very much at odds with repetition and recall. Yet media culture is persuasive and pervasive, and critical media literacy's concepts are in line with critical pedagogy. So…

Secondary science methods courses should help students develop competencies in five areas: knowledge of the curriculum, planning for instruction, teaching strategies, classroom management, and evaluation of pupils' progress. (IAH)

The art education program at Syracuse University is described--coursework; practicums; graduate, undergraduate, and inservice workshops. Also included is a discussion of the author's perception of her role in the program; a role based upon the view of herself as a philosopher of art education. (IAH)

An elementary education natural and social science curriculum course at the University of Oregon features practicum experiences in curricular autonomy and collegial decision making; activities frequently unavailable to preservice teachers. Included are a discussion of current issues and curriculum concepts, and examples of assignments and student…

Paper discusses the pros and cons of college students using the first person singular pronoun in writing and discussion, emphasizing the need to find a balance between the use of the words "I" and "they" and to teach students critical reflection, analysis, sharing, and listening skills. (SM)

Describes a course, "History and Philosophy of Science for Science Teachers," at the University of New South Wales which focuses on the seventeenth-century scientific revolution and the nineteenth-century Darwinian revolution. The object is to provide background knowledge and promote an interest in the subject. (SM)