This report contained the description and development of a secondary teacher education program at the University of Arizona. The program was based on the concept of full time involvement of the undergraduate in the public school setting. The Professional Semester Program was located in public schools serving multicultural populations of chicanos,…

The vocational teacher education program at Penn State has been studied with regard to the relative merits of work experience and college credits in producing competent teachers. The baccalaureate won according to the authors who concede there will always be room for certificate programs, but that years of occupational experience can reach…

Participation in a simulated teaching task by new and experienced mathematics and science teachers and business personnel with no pedagogical training indicated that the three groups differed in their attitudes toward the processing of student information and in the way they talked and thought about individual students. (Author/CB)

A student teacher, rather than passively observing classroom techniques, would benefit from becoming actively immersed in learning along with the pupils. (JD)

This book is designed to offer practical advice to beginning, as well as experienced, teachers of college courses on navigating many of the common challenges faced both in and outside the classroom. Chapters include "Getting Ready," which covers three discrete components of course design: deciding what you want students to learn, choosing…

This article takes the form of a letter from a distressed elementary school teacher who has been assigned the responsibility of a science program. It is intended to sensitize science educators to what they are asking and what they are taking for granted in their expectations of elementary teachers. (JR)

Novice teachers who perform student teaching in exemplary schools only are inadequately prepared for classroom circumstances found in typical city schools. Preparation programs should place students in model classrooms in typical schools; provide a "dual school" experience, alternating model schools with more typical ones; or assign…

Reviews theories of teacher education and describes a model of practice teaching designed to facilitate teachers' reflection on their experiences. Suggests that this reflective practice allows teachers to understand collaborative teaching and represents an opportunity for professional liberation and development. Describes experiences from…

Pedagogical intelligence is analyzed, with particular emphasis on teacher decision-making strategies, the role of experience, and developmental aspects. Ways in which teacher educators can help foster pedagogical intelligence and specific examples of practices being tried are presented. (IAH)

A recently implemented British regulation requires that for teacher education program accreditation, program teaching staff have recent, successful experience teaching in the schools. Discrepancies between the intent of the regulation and the experience of one teacher educator in fulfilling its requirement are discussed, focusing on definitions of…

Describes the case method of instruction as using cases or studies of teachers in real or fictional settings as prompts for students' discussion and reflection. Summarizes the case method research in music and teacher education, identifies casebooks for teacher education, discusses teachers' use of case method, and offers suggestions for practice…

Explains that the experience of college students' practice teaching exhibits a number of shortcomings that derive from the content of education in universities and teaching institutions in Russia. Addresses the quality of college students' overall-scientific training and the psychological-teacher training in the shaping of the teacher. (CMK)

Investigated a kindergarten teacher's practice in order to understand her knowledge of her children's mathematical thinking, her method of knowledge acquisition, and the uses she made of that knowledge in making instructional decisions. Discusses the role of Cognitively Guided Instruction workshops in shaping the teacher's mathematical teaching.…

Based on a teacher's experiences with science method undergraduates and grade-12 physics students, it is suggested that teachers listen to their own voices and those of students and consider experience as a source of authority. (SK)

Examines the effects of teachers' training on pupils' achievement in French and mathematics. Compares the effectiveness of three samples of (French) elementary teachers with different levels of experience and training, using a multilevel model. Results show that training and experience enhance novice teachers' effectiveness. Neither training nor…