Suggests that a certain level of knowledge and expertise is essential if the electronic teaching resources of the Internet are to be used effectively by classroom teachers who, in turn, need support in acquiring relevant knowledge and expertise. (Author/VWL)

This case study examined a collaboration between a college and school district to explore options for constructing systematic early childhood field experiences that would enhance a developing school initiative related to school readiness. Preliminary outcomes relate to continuing to work closely together, conducting additional mutual…

Investigated predictors of success on the Texas ExCET (Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas), highlighting the social studies ExCET components of the Elementary Comprehensive and Elementary Bilingual ExCET exams and noting the relationship of students' social studies coursework preparation, demographics, standardized exams, and…

Asserts that California's current education reform effort has deficiencies that exacerbate some problems and ignore others, suggesting that while standards themselves are not bad, problems arise when standards become exceedingly prescriptive and testing becomes the main tool of improvement. Some points the article discusses: silencing debates…

Reviews patterns of teacher education in Malaysia, highlighting current problems and challenges, discussing recent reforms and policy initiatives in the domain of teacher education, and introducing three articles that focus on: teacher education for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages in Malaysia, training of school counselors in…

Describes the implementation of a mentoring practicum model (MPM) developed at the National Taitung Teachers' College in Taiwan. The cooperative team involved college supervisors, student teachers, and elementary school teachers. Under the MPM, student teachers developed their own teaching knowledge and skills through cooperative learning and…

Presents results from a study that examined student assessments of their own musical abilities as related to compositional creativity. Focuses on nonmusic majors in a music fundamentals course for elementary education majors. Explains that the students were placed into high-,middle-, and low-creativity groups. (CMK)

Investigates whether preservice teachers need more practice to develop strong technology and teaching skills before they go into student teaching. Only after practicing these skills sufficiently did the biology education majors (n=2) feel comfortable and confident to begin a teaching assignment. (Author/MVL)

Three education deans responded to three vignettes by thinking aloud about ways to resolve problems with moral and social implications. Their responses supported a proposed conceptual framework's moral and social dimensions and highlighted themes within each of these two dimensions that education deans relied on to solve problems. Results suggest…

Chronicles the Providence College Elementary/Special Education Program's move from one which relied upon input measures to evaluate student teachers to one focusing on output measures (performance in coursework and the classroom). The paper describes steps taken to implement standards and their measured attainment into college coursework and…

Addresses tensions over what kind of research best serves teacher education, showing how formal conceptions of large scale social science research might be compatibly situated within a larger frame of research that also recognizes certain varieties of interpretive and narrative research and arguing that the policy making enterprise may justifiably…

Presents a dialogue between an experienced basic researcher and a teacher-researcher following a meeting in which bilingual teachers and university teacher educators discussed a project involving teacher-researchers' attempts to use oral history to incorporate language minority parents' and grandparents' voices into elementary social science…

Describes how two teacher education service learning programs illustrate alternative interpretations of scholarship, focusing on a tutoring-mentoring program in a teaching oriented masters institution and a motor skill development program in a land grant doctoral research institution. Discusses how these forms of scholarship related to stated…

Responds to Arcilla's article, "Why Aren't Philosophers and Educators Speaking to One Another?" denying there was ever much of an engagement between professional philosophers and educators but noting there was an audience for philosophy of education, particularly when addressing broad educational aims that could drive policy. The essay…

Connects Daryl Siedentop's speech, "Content Knowledge for Physical Education," with two others: "Curriculum Innovation: Toward the 21st Century" and "Physical Activity Cultures for Children and Youth: Redefining Physical Education," responding to seven issues: the nature of content knowledge; status, professional…