Traditionally, preservice teachers (PSTs) have been introduced and socialized to a cartoon of three children attempting to watch a baseball game as the prevailing definition of equity. Yet, in our sociopolitical context where Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ children are continuously marginalized, we critique whether this simple construction of equity is…

A prediction is made on changes that will occur in teacher education as educators respond to a changing society. (JD)

It has been generally agreed that teachers should receive training to prepare their students to meet the social, political, and economic realities that individuals experience in culturally diverse and complex human encounters. (JD)

A fictitious American school district provides the setting for model educational and organizational objectives. In an attempt to meet the requirements of the expanded school role, the curriculum includes topical areas such as sex and human relations education, race, international relations, and environmental education. (JN)

A general education program should impart: knowledge of the testing and generation of information, the distinction between findings and explanations of findings (which change over the course of time), and the ability to recognize that a "best" explanation for a phenomenon can exist among a multiplicity of explanations. (RJG)

A peer counseling training unit for preservice teachers can increase participant empathy level and listening skills in a relatively short period of time. (JD)

Computers are highly sophisticated information-processing tools. They must not become ends in themselves. Computer technology must not be substituted for direct encounters with other humans, for active participation in the free enterprise system, or for cultivating competencies necessary for citizenship. (PP)

Two major questions need to be asked by teacher preparation institutions: (1) What ought to be the key areas of study for youth in the decade ahead? and (2) How should teachers be prepared to teach in these areas? Six concepts are suggested for a teacher education program for the 1980s. (JN)

Education must be designed so that it flows naturally in accordance with our country's principles. (MM)

This is a collection of the opinions of several major educational organizations concerning the future of education over the next 15-25 years. (MM)

Open classroom and humanistic education--at both the university and elementary school levels--involves primary concern that the individual have significant choices. (MM)

A rationale for the inclusion of liberal education in the preservice teacher education program is presented, broad liberal outcomes are proposed, and recommendations for the attainment of these outcomes are suggested. (MJB)

Emphasis on the technological model of education is indicative of and can lead to a product-oriented society. (LH)

A thorough scrutiny of the teacher's role as facilitator in the field of moral education is called for. (LH)