This article describes a teacher education approach devised by the Emory University's Division of Educational Studies and two systems of the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area that combines in-service education and preservice education. (JA)

General education and special education teacher candidates lack experience in collaborating with each other as colleagues; however, upon graduating and entering their own classrooms, most are expected to know how to provide services to students with disabilities in the general classroom. This study describes the efforts of two professors, one in…

This article describes how mathematics and science teacher educators collaborated to promote the use of high-level tasks and inquiry-based instruction in high school classrooms. Working with a colleague in the School of Arts and Sciences, education professors developed and team-taught a model inquiry-based lesson. Then teacher candidates were…

A mediating approach is implemented into a section of Block I courses elementary pre-service teachers took in a cohort setting in Spring 2002. The paper discusses the components of the approach as well as the logistics of the initial implementation. Furthermore, the paper provides qualitative and quantitative analysis of a set of data gathered…

An instructional team at a public university redesigned a large "core" course in special education required of all undergraduates in a teacher education program. The new design, which blended online instruction with face-to-face meetings, operationalized key principles from Adult Learning theories and Universal Design for Instruction. Students'…

This document outlines the objectives of a course in bilingual education. It first deals with curriculum planning, scheduling, and classroom management. It discusses teaching methods, and suggests home visits as a potentially valuable method. General considerations for a bilingual program are then examined. The document sets forth the objective of…

This interdisciplinary secondary school teacher education program which involves no course work in the ordinary sense evolved from an effort to move the emphasis in the teacher education program from abstractions and general principles to specific problems in the various subject curriculums. Its objective is to promote early behavior change in the…

An internship program involving university students placed in public school classrooms for a full year was initiated through the cooperative efforts of Wright State University and the Yellow Springs, Ohio school district, an innovative district which embraces the concept of individually guided education and which utilizes team teaching at all…

Article concentrated on in-service growth experience not only because it is less understood and appreciated than the pursuit of advanced degrees, but because it is almost certainly the more promising of the two forms of post-baccalaurate gap-closing. (Author/RK)

A look at a teacher education course based on teaching with modules at Michigan State University. (HB)

Describes how a school of education piloted an interdepartmental team teaching effort that merged two courses, including conflicts, classroom dynamics, face-to-face collaboration, time commitments, and differences in personality and teaching approach. (SK)

Experiences in designing and teaching a reformed abstract algebra course are described. This effort was partially a result of a five year statewide National Science Foundation (NSF) grant entitled the Rocky Mountain Teacher Enhancement Collaborative. The major thrust of this grant was to implement reform in core mathematics courses that would…

Interdisciplinary teaming has been described as the pivotal component of blended, interdisciplinary teacher preparation for early childhood. A survey was conducted as a second national examination of the practices of faculty teams in blended teacher preparation programs. A time intensive search using diverse mechanisms and sources led to the…

A study conducted to determine the effect of students who were assigned to student teach as a member of a two or three-man team used a sample of 48 social studies majors preparing for secondary school certification randomly selected from all such potential student teachers in the Individualized Secondary Teacher Education Program (I-STEP) at…