Discusses how issues related to mathematics teacher education are currently being addressed, what historical precepts have contributed to the present state of affairs, and what orientations can move teacher education forward as a legitimate field of disciplined inquiry. (108 references) (MKR)

The term "teacher enhancement" is recent; however, its underlying goal--to improve, broaden, and deepen the disciplinary and pedagogical knowledge of elementary and secondary teachers employed in public schools--has been addressed by educators and educational policymakers in the past, usually through the mechanism of inservice training. This…