Describes a collaboration between the New York University (NYU) School of Education and eleven area community colleges that encourages student transfer to NYU to prepare for teaching and human-service careers. Reviews lessons learned from this partnership, which began in 1989. (EMH)

Using ingenuity and an IBM grant, an assistant professor of special education paired 40 teacher education students in her methods courses with middle-school writing partners from the teachers' classes for moderately handicapped students. Using electronic mail, the pairs communicated often on various topics. Friendships developed, along with…

The expectations of 23 fourth- and 16 fifth-year teacher education students about teacher evaluation were compared. Students had many similar expectations about evaluation and feedback, but fourth-year students were more concerned with the tone of the evaluation while fifth-year students were more concerned about its content. (SLD)

Two case studies involving graduate education majors illustrate how multicultural/antiracist education and computer-mediated communication can interact successfully and further broaden cultural sensitivity in technology through diverse perceptions and contributions. Facilitating factors included theory-to-practice concepts, Internet dialogue, and…

The College of Education at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa has two doctoral degrees: the PhD in educational psychology and the PhD in education. Both degrees have been in existence for over 30 years. The PhD in education, however, began its life as the EdD and was renamed the PhD in 1999. As two of the articles in this issue make clear…

Although the effectiveness of corporal punishment (CP) has received little empirical support, public support for this disciplinary method continues despite calls for its abandonment by researchers. Even among educators, favorable attitudes toward the use of CP are prevalent. We measured education majors' beliefs about CP before and after they read…

Any effort to understand academic departments would be facilitated by a better understanding of its relationship between its two larger spheres: the institution and the discipline. This study particularly asks: How do the relationships between institutional culture and the culture of the academic department vary by disciplinary field? Using…

To receive a Texas elementary teacher certification, all elementary education majors must demonstrate a basic understanding of music and perform minimal musical skills. In addition, students should be able to write and teach music lessons built around the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Music. These Music TEKS are focused on four…

This paper explores expressions of marginalization of White preservice teachers serving as academic mentors to Black adolescent males in a unique partnership program. Junior secondary education majors form tri-partite interdisciplinary teams and work with intact groups of Black youth, members of a community-based Black rites of passage program for…

"Science for Girls: Successful Classroom Strategies" looks at how girls learn, beginning with the time they are born through both the informal and formal education process. In the author's current role as professor of science education, Dr. Goetz has surveyed hundreds of female elementary education majors in their junior and senior year of…

Relying on only one method of assessment does not necessarily yield an accurate picture of student achievement. This paper discusses aspects of designing, implementing, and evaluating portfolios in a mathematics methods classroom; describes how the use of portfolios has influenced teaching practice; and contains excerpts from student portfolios.…

College students who transfer from a two-year or community college to a four-year institution must make many adjustments to the new institution and frequently suffer "transfer shock," evidenced by a (usually temporary) drop in grade point average. A student who is unprepared for transfer shock may become discouraged and drop out before…

Prospective teachers have well-developed beliefs about learning and teaching that can form obstacles to instruction. Two studies explored a set of beliefs that preservice teachers expressed about learning, teaching, and the role a course in educational psychology played in their professional training. In the first study, a set of preservice…

The purpose of this study was to plan and implement a tutorial program in an elementary school setting to: (1) provide practical experience for undergraduates majoring in education; and (2) assist elementary students in the acquisition of basic skills on an individual basis. Students from a sophomore level survey class were selected to participate…

A study compared the informal theories about the child held by 10 preservice education students with those held by 8 educational leaders with experience in the elementary grades. During interviews, students and educators were asked to define "the child" in everyday terms. They were also asked to categorize and respond to 32 statements…