Co-teaching and an interdisciplinary curriculum are increasingly present in public education, yet teacher candidates often lack appropriate models in teacher preparation coursework. In this article, we used self-study research methods to explore our development and enactment of a co-taught, interdisciplinary instructional unit that spanned two…

Education is a moral enterprise and a right rather than a privilege. Teacher education should develop teachers' awareness of and concern for social justice and their capacity to teach democracy and teach democratically. The concept of social justice should guide curriculum development and implementation. (SK)

This document presents long-range goals for teacher education programs and charts representing the implementation of these goals. The charts are divided into three sections: Long-Range Goals (Examples), Teacher Behavior (Examples), and Preservice Tasks (Examples). (MJM)

Teachers involved in developing curriculum materials were more aware and critical of their own effectiveness in the classroom.

If teachers are to become effective, then their training and experiences must focus around the development of intelligent, discriminating, and adaptive skills for meeting the realities of the contemporary classroom. MITEC is a positive educational step toward making more effective teachers. (Author/RK)

Examples of teacher behavior in various classrooms were filmed and edited to illustrate six specific types of behaviors: approving, disapproving, probing, informing, reproductive questioning, and productive questioning. (Author)

Discusses the negative and positive aspects of teacher autonomy in relation to curriculum development and control. Outlines a process for solving the problem that includes conducting staff development through dialog, delineating mastery curriculum, mapping ideal curriculum, and developing curriculum-based tests. Includes references and a figure.…

A model of teacher decision-making, which describes how a teacher pursues a plan by means of a set of tactics, is presented. It is argued that teaching competence derives in part from the teacher's ability to generate appropriate tactics. Implications for teacher training are discussed. (RLV)

Describes and illustrates problems involving teachers, children, and parents encountered in implementing a multiethnic curricular policy in Israel. Direct observations show that introducing the materials is not enough and much depends on the teacher's background knowledge and attitudes. (SA)

Analyzes the participation of secondary school teachers in a U.S. science education curriculum reform effort. Discusses perspectives for the behavior of these teachers relying on knowledge base, practical reasoning and reflective practice, sociocultural views, and a view of teaching as a way of being and teachers as meaning makers. Analyzes two…

Determined if student teachers experience role conflict, based on a comparison of cognitions held for selected student teachers' behaviors by members of three school-related social positions. The greatest disparity was over curriculum and planning. (Author)

Implemented in an urban community college's child development teacher training program, this practicum project addressed the problem of discrepancies between training and work environments. General goals of the practicum were: (1) to design a learning styles training format for preschool teachers; (2) to provide teachers with factual information…

In this article three stages of the teaching process are examined: planning, interaction, and assessment. (JD)

Fourteen papers are presented from a conference on severe behavior disorders of children and youth. The following titles are included: "Beyond the Classroom: The Teacher of Behaviorally Disordered Pupils in a Social System" (C. Nelson); "Correctional Education and Special Education--An Emerging Partnership; or 'Born to Lose'" (B. Wolford);…