The purpose of this study is to analyze literature on pre-service teachers' attitudes toward students with disabilities. Results show: (1) research in this field tends to be limited to inclusion study, and (2) an introduction to special education course will benefit pre-service in gaining an understanding of students with special needs, increasing…

"I really don't like mathematics, but I can teach it to elementary students without any problem." These words are frequently voiced by elementary teacher candidates. "It's just elementary school math it's not like I'm teaching anything really difficult. Otherwise, no way would I do it." These words are powerful in terms of…

The past two decades have been times of heightened emphasis on changing structures between universities and public schools toward collaboration as a means of improving the education and preparation of pre-service and in-service teachers. Numerous studies have found that students in teacher education courses often have difficulty utilizing the…

An increasingly large number of educational facilities offer online graduate education courses. Their popularity grows as busy educators search for a way to advance their careers by earning additional degrees without spending more time in the classroom as a student. One concern with online learning is that online courses lack the interaction…

Service learning is an effective instructional strategy in preservice teacher education programs for engaging students more actively in the learning process. In spite of the extensive studies on service learning in teacher education programs and courses, few studies are devoted to investigating the implementation of service learning in special…

Purpose of this study was to determine the degree of relevancy of some education courses by using practice teaching performance as the criterion. (Author)

In most teacher education courses, instructional strategies are merely listed and explained. Students rarely have the opportunity to see these strategies in use until they become student teachers. What better way to teach secondary instructional strategies to pre-service teachers than by modeling these strategies using teacher education content?…

Cites concern for teachers' (new and experienced) need for direct and extended training in the implications and various techniques and strategies for maintaining effective discipline within the classroom. Suggests institutions of higher education need to offer graduate and undergraduate students specific training in the area of discipline. (AH)

Proposes all prospective elementary and secondary teachers be required to take a special education course. Suggests the mainstreaming process could be facilitated by the regular teacher if s/he had a minimum of special education training. (AH)

Reviews a study of the perceived importance of 47 measurement objectives by elementary and secondary education majors who had not taken a measurement course. Suggests origins of education majors' negative attitudes about testing and considers some remedies. (JD)

Different aspects of diversity have been explored in order to assess whether preservice teachers are being prepared to meet the needs of their diverse student population. Diversity continues to be examined in a fragmented way by looking at issues separately. It seems necessary that prior to assessing preservice teachers' competence in diversity,…