In the broad sweep of U.S. history, teachers and teacher education do not emerge as potent forces. Teachers have been primarily female and have played a predetermined, subservient role. Recent findings show that the necessary conditions for vigorous, coherent, and self-renewing teacher preparation programs are not present. Suggestions are…

The National Network for Educational Renewal is committed to cultivating and connecting all the essential components of a healthy teacher education enterprise: the partner schools (clinical or professional development schools); subject specializations of university arts and sciences departments; and the part of teacher education commonly provided…

The author expresses his agreement with the recommendation that teacher education be upgraded--suggested in the preceding article by Gideonse in the same issue--but sets forth some additional problems to be overcome. (Author/JM)

Reviews the design and conduct of the Study of the Education of Educators (SEE) project. Reports findings concerning institutional context, teacher candidates and their perceptions about becoming teachers, some characteristics and views of education faculty members, and the nature and conduct of the preparation programs studied. Includes 16…

Examines the history and evolution of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs), noting the current congenital malaise and discussing: Dewey's thinking about SCDEs and the theory practice relationship; tensions within and outside of the academe; the research-practice dichotomy; the mission of schools of education; and lessons learned…

To enculturate the young and help them reason successfully, teachers need appropriate pedagogical and school renewal skills. An interview-based survey disclosed chronic prestige deprivation in the teacher education enterprise, lack of program coherence, theory-practice separation, and stifling bureaucratic regulations. Three promising…

Examines the preservice teacher education role of professional development schools in the context of school-university partnerships. The necessary joining of K-12 and university cultures raises numerous problems, including dealing with cultural clash and schools of education, sustaining leadership and commitment, providing adequate resources,…

The development of 14 National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) school-university partnerships to achieve school renewal and educator education is assessed. The first three sections constitute the substance of the general session of the 1988 Indianapolis NNER conference. The papers provide historical overview of the program, a discussion of…

This book provides the vision and rationale for "centers of pedagogy" that can bring schools and universities together in a close, renewing relationship. It proposes a redesign of education that is grounded in a mission of enculturating students in a social and political democracy. The first four chapters address questions related to the nature…

A 5-year study of teacher education and the institutional and regulatory context in which it is conducted reveals that several conditions undermine teacher education. These conditions include: low prestige of education departments; preeminence among teacher educators of scholarly publishing over teaching; and stifling, state-mandated curriculum…