Discusses preservice and inservice teacher education in The Netherlands, the role of educational research, and the need to bring general and specialized support organizations together within the educational system. Teacher education's place in the Dutch educational system makes it difficult to create functional relationships between teacher…

West Georgia College's Department of Educational Leadership and the Cobb County (Georgia) School District collaborated to provide an administrative training institute with both a theoretical knowledge base and practical experience. This program offers a model for school districts and colleges desiring to initiate similar collaborations. Leadership…

Discusses recent policy developments in preservice teacher education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, particularly the programmatic rift between study in foundational disciplines the practical experience provided in a one-year Professional Development Program (PDP). Argues for reconceptualizing faculties of education as schools of…

Describes a study following teachers through their preservice year at a faculty of education and their first two years after graduation. Describes the class, then reviews the project's goals, data sources, and evolving methodology. Raises questions about how teaching candidates' personal knowledge can be used and connected to their education and…

Reviews John Goodlad's "Teachers for Our Nation's Schools" regarding improvements in U.S. schooling and teacher preparation. The review praises some of Goodlad's positions but criticizes many as well. It suggests that the book will serve as a starting point for dialogue about change. (SM)

Departing from J. Dewey's vision of communication, a gap between the language of researchers and the language of lay people and policymakers is identified. Ways of bridging the gap are defined, and the communications task of the educational researcher is reviewed. (SLD)

Delineates eight recommended steps toward effective teacher remediation, including developing clear performance criteria and commonly understood standards; relying on a clear set of procedures for deficient teachers; making remediation a team effort; varying intervention strategies; supplying adequate resources and supportive policies; and…

A survey of 206 teachers of behaviorally disordered students found a relationship between teachers' theoretical approach and methodology, but little relationship between goals and philosophy or methodology. Teachers reported using instructional techniques not included in their preservice training program. (Author/JDD)

Presents a case study designed to help intermediate and advanced students or trainees to adapt traditional instructional design procedures to "real-world" training situations. Scenarios involving a video production company and interactive video are described; and learning outcomes are discussed, including conducting a needs assessment,…

Discusses the need for a revitalization of a scientific agenda for clinical supervision. Reviews philosophy of science and scientific methods and attempts to disentangle common misconceptions about a scientific agenda as applied to supervision. Exhorts supervisors to be critical consumers of research and theory and to pursue programmatic and…

Identifies problems inherent in writing assessment. Suggests that the measurement of minority students' test results can pose difficulties. Cites the practical impossibility of finding objectively true answers to some questions and of making value-free assessments of what students learn. Highlights conflicting views of writing teachers and writing…

Describes a pedagogical strategy that accomplishes the practical aims of courses variously labeled as technical, business, and professional writing but that at the same time offers students the opportunity to recognize and critique the ideology of institutional discourses. (MG)

Outlines the evolution of curriculum theory and practice in Spain from the 1970s to the 1990s. Discusses changing perspectives in response to political developments and reasons for the failure of the curriculum innovations introduced by the Socialist government after 1982. Advocates developing a dialectical theory of curriculum reform. (DB)

Considers group solidarity an important element in understanding teacher resistance to the stultifying effects of the educational system. Offers a case study of four eighth grade teachers acting individually and collectively to illustrate the contradictory and dissonant nature of the teacher's identity as autonomous individual and group member.…

Examines the manner in which the data-driven character of child development research limits the validity and penetration of the search for new knowledge and understanding, and imposes a skewed image of what is known about children and childhood by excluding the less objective observations and insights of the clinicians and practitioners.…