This document describes the urban education program at William Paterson College of New Jersey. Urban education is defined as educating people for living and in coping with an urban environment, including politics, crime and drug prevention, and delivery of services to cities. Some problems in urban education are identified as weak…

Volume VII of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess exemplary preservice teacher training for inner-city elementary teachers, contains a brief summary of the procedures, major findings, models of training programs, and teacher strategies reports. (Related documents are SP 006 205, 006 203, 006 202, 006 201, 006 200, 006…

Northeastern Illinois University developed a student teaching program designed to prepare the student teacher to function in both an inner-city setting where children are less advantaged socioeconomically as well as in an outer-city setting where the children come from relatively higher socioeconomic backgrounds. The five major aspects of the…

The Inner City Teacher Education Program (ITEP), designed by the University of Northern Colorado, emphasizes the preparation of prospective teachers for working in urban schools whose populations are composed of children from culturally diverse backgrounds. Objectives were developed in relation to three categories: a) the prospective teacher's…

Environmental Studies for Urban Youth (ES) for first grade through college and the primary concerns of the Earth Science Teacher Preparation Project (ESTPP), both developed by the AGI's Earth Science Education Program, are considered. (PR)

Teachers for Chicago is a graduate-level teacher preparation program based on apprenticeship. Prospective teachers learn through onsite experience supported by training and interaction with mentors and other experts. (SK)

This book tells a fascinating story about the realities of urban education in America. It provides new insights on teacher selection and preparation, curriculum, school takeovers, federal legislation, the role of business, and the impact of the civil rights movement on urban schools. The result is a new perspective on what educational reform…

This article draws upon and integrates a number of distinct but overlapping areas of inquiry in the literature on teaching: teacher inquiry, reflective practice, spirituality and education, and contemplative practice. In it, we examine the implementation of a particular phenomenological form of teacher inquiry, the Descriptive Review, in an urban…

An experimental program at Hunter College, New York City, risks giving up some of its innovative ideas if it becomes institutionalized. (Available from Dr. George Movesian, Managing Editor, 149 West Broad Street, Bergenfield, NJ 07621; $7.00 yearly) (Author/MLF)

This notebook serves as a guide for learning activities in environmental education. Twelve themes are treated in four groups: (1) sense of place includes history and landscape; (2) the natural environment covers air, water, energy, and landforms; (3) the built environment includes architecture, transportation, and housing; and (4) the social…

Because of the enormity of challenges that confront teachers in urban schools, teachers should be finely trained in an intensive educational program. (JD)

Some major issues and goals of concern to the National Institute of Education are discussed. (JD)

Considers changing urban demography, its impact on urban education, and the recommendations of other authors in this journal issue. Calls for greater commitment by colleges and universities to improve urban school systems. (GC)

Article discusses the importance of teacher attitudes and cultural orientation in successfully teaching in an inner city community. (MM)