Traditional campus-based teacher education programs, located on college or university campuses, have been criticized for being removed from the "real world" of community life, and a number of programs have moved directly into urban communities in order for preservice teachers to become immersed in the life of the community. This article…

Surveys of 300 preservice teachers at Kutztown University (Pennsylvania) on their beliefs about urban students, urban environments, teachers' roles, and teacher qualities indicated a predisposition toward urban teaching in many students who could detail diversity issues, though incongruencies existed in attitudes and beliefs essential to the task.…