Article considers students of education vs. education students and how the curriculum for both varies. (RK)

Questions content of education courses at British Teachers' Colleges. Stresses desire for basic philosophy and moral education to be part of education curriculum. (DS)

A course that explores the practice, problems, and promises of contemporary education is proposed for high school students. (MF)

Based on a review of the literature and the authors' experience, this article addresses issues in three aspects of the planning and delivery of online content: (1) online support services; (2) technology assistance; and (3) course content. Recommendations are given for administrators and instructors involved in the delivery of online coursework in…

This article presents results of a survey of 10 teachers which was designed to explore teachers' experiences with action research. Concrete examples of what it's like to do action research are viewed as a valuable resource for teachers and for teacher educators who teach action research courses. (IAH)

The article describes an educational foundations course which invites a critical awareness of the degree to which the subject of education is more or less continually in the making, reconstituted again and again through the work of contradictory stories and images. Such "troping" permits joint participation in remaking the subject. (CB)

The experiences of a teacher educator with practicing teachers form the basis of this analysis of teacher reflection--teachers examining their own knowledge. Using the work of Freire as a frame of reference, three phases in the development of teacher self-reflexiveness are identified: sympathetic description, analysis/synthesis, and action. (IAH)

This article discusses an approach to professional education which emphasizes intellectual skills and attitude-of-mind over content. Described is the application of this approach to a doctoral core course in higher education curriculum taken by University of Arizona (Tucson) students preparing for administrative or teaching careers in higher…

This article describes Challenge Education, an instructional approach to student teaching which authentically and directly involves students in their own learning and utilizes the school culture as the learning laboratory. (IAH)

"Hmong Language, Culture, and Learning" is a new required course for ESL and bilingual education minors at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Course elements include ethnographic research within the Hmong community; classroom discussion of Hmong language, culture, and learning issues; observing/volunteering in bilingual Hmong/English…

Pedagogy is an important aspect of teacher education, and the teacher educator's pedagogy can help the preservice teacher understand the complexities inherent in teaching. This study examined one elementary literacy course in a master's level teacher education program. Data collection involved classroom observation and interviews with the…

My experience of teaching the Rhodes University/Speciss College Environmental Education Course in Zimbabwe alerted me to a tension between the industry course participants who largely (although not entirely) wanted a skills/vocational training orientation and the course curriculum developers, who wanted a critical/theoretical/praxis-based…

Important directives for a provincial initiative in continuing professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators, in inclusive/special education, have recently taken place in Alberta. The four major Alberta Universities have been working together since October of 2000, to develop a model for professional development options in…