Although the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 dismisses the role of pedagogy in teacher education, teacher educators see the need for a deeper pedagogy that includes the teaching of thinking and socioemotional processes, which are missing in traditional teacher preparation programs. This article outlines criticisms of teacher education found in…

Explores various stances on the relationship between teacher knowledge, practice, and inquiry, noting the potential outcomes of these stances on education and society. The article essentializes these views into a modernistic stance, systems stance, and critical stance and discusses variations found within the stances. It concludes by identifying…

A complex and changing society requires education that prepares its citizens with complex skills. Yet, successful implementation of the complex pedagogies needed for our rapidly changing world involve teaching strategies and knowledge not yet commonplace in classrooms. To effectively teach K-12 students today and in the future, teacher candidates…