Aim/Purpose: The study aims to evaluate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) implementation in academic colleges of education. The article offers a conceptual framework for ICT implementation within teacher education in the information era, which combines an array of frameworks and addresses the needs of teacher education. Background:…

The crucial role of initial teacher education programmes and teacher educators in preparing effective inclusive practitioners has been universally acknowledged. This study explored the attitudes of 125 teacher educators from four colleges of education towards inclusive education, their views and concerns about teacher preparation and the…

Teacher education institutions (TEIs) that are pioneers and leaders in education for sustainable development (ESD) have advanced the field through efforts in programmes, practices, and policies during the United Nations Decade of ESD. An international survey of TEIs by the UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability at…

Teacher educators piloted the use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP), a peer observation instrument associated with increases in learning in science and mathematics teacher education courses. Faculty participants received a series of trainings in RTOP use and rated each other's teaching during multiple peer observations. The…

Professional development among teacher educators requires a framework in which collaborative learning can support growth and change. This study describes a professional development project modeled on a professional development community focused on thinking education in a teachers college. Qualitative measures revealed a multilayered process…

In the UK, most initial nurse and teacher education is provided by university departments working in partnership with local health trusts and schools. New university lecturers in these professional fields are generally selected due to their successful performance as practitioners, as nurses or school teachers, rather than on more traditional…

Research shows that unless university-based teacher educators effectively integrate technology into teacher education courses, students (pre-service and in-service teachers) are unlikely to use technology effectively in their own teaching. This creates negative repercussions in teacher education and in the schools. However, many teacher educators…

This document is a case study of the way in which the Fordham University School of Education developed its governance procedures and of the effect that external intervention, in this instance the TTT (Trainers of Teacher Trainers) project, had on the process. The situation before TTT is described as having an emphasis on training teachers for the…

Because schools and departments of education have given too little heed to faculty development, many teachers of teachers unknowingly perpetuate sex-role stereotyping. (Editor)

Proposes a radical change in teacher preparation that abolishes college and university departments of education and requires prospective teachers to demonstrate adequate preparation based on the courses they take and on their scores on examinations. (MD)

Despite an absence of distinctions in implementation, it is argued, there are perceived and actual differences between the Ed.D. and Ph.D. degrees in education. It is suggested that all doctoral degrees in education be changed to the Ph.D. with two tracks--one for researchers/professors and one for administration/teachers. (Author/MLW)

This report consists of excerpts from manuscripts and oral presentations, summaries of group work and individual evaluation forms, quotations from taped interviews, and editorial paraphrases that highlight the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) institute program on higher education's role in inservice education. Eight…

Notes that teacher education institutions are facing new demands to diversify the professional preparation of their graduates and that responses to these demands will require new efforts in curriculum and faculty development. (FL)

This study focused on which countries (besides the United States) produced the most doctorates in the education field, based on data provided by the National Research Council. The study combined the baccalaureate origins of education doctorates with the rankings of countries, and considered each country's cultural, social, economic, and political…