The relocation of teacher preparation to "new graduate schools of education" (nGSEs) is a highly controversial "innovation" within the rapidly expanding field of teacher education. This introductory article to a guest-edited issue of "The New Educator" focused on nGSEs defines teacher preparation at nGSEs and analyzes…

Recent thinking in multicultural education can contribute to environmental education (EE) in culturally diverse societies. This article uses case studies of two minorities in Israel to illustrate the potential for bringing together these two areas of educational research that have developed significantly in recent years. After introducing the…

Science teaching and teacher education in the U.S.A. have been of great national interest recently due to a severe shortage of science (and mathematics) teachers who do not hold strong qualifications in their fields of study. Unfortunately we lack a rigorous research base that helps inform solid practices about various models or elements of…

This directory includes profiles on 80 individual professional development schools (PDSs) in 19 states; the profiles outline program characteristics and provide location and contact information. The data on each school were gathered by a survey conducted by the Clinical Schools Clearinghouse beginning in the fall of 1991. Findings from the survey…

A study compared actual practice in trade and industrial (T&I) degree granting institutions with standards delineated in Section 2, Standards for Trade and Industrial Education Teacher Education Programs of "Standards of Excellence in T&I Education" published by the U.S. Department of Education in 1985. Mailed questionnaires collected data from…

Profiles of 66 partnerships that have developed and implemented professional development school (PDS) programs at 301 preK-12 schools are included in this directory. The profiles include information, which was collected during a national survey, on the following program features: school, college, and teachers union partners; level of faculty…