The Mathematics for All Project is a collaborative effort between Bank Street College of Education and Education Development Center's Center for Children and Technology. The goal of this project is to develop case-based professional development materials to better prepare teachers for supporting individual students, including students with…

This paper is a description of the development of a new educational leadership program at Austin Peay State University. From inception to implementation, the program used Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards, a tool for assessing programs in educational administrator preparation. The goal of the program was to embed the…

Teacher preparation in science and mathematics will be best served by improvements both in the pedagogy and content of the undergraduate science and mathematics courses required of future teachers and in the reform of required science and mathematics methods courses. In a review of the history and politics of teacher education, the paper…

Proposes a new degree in education called Masters of Science in Educational Computing. Combining the areas of computer science and education, the new academic area will prepare teachers to make use of computers in all phases of education. The Iona College (New York) proposed program in educational computing is included. (JJD)

The first chairs in education were established in Scotland in 1876; education departments were founded in English universities in the late 1890s. Discussed are the four periods through which the study of education in Britain passed. Education as a specific focus of study did not enter universities until the 1960s. (Author/RM)

An evaluation of the impact of an inservice course given at North East London Polytechnic indicates that teachers do not usually continue to investigate their practices, using procedures taught in the course, on returning to their schools. Questions about inservice education in general are raised by this evaluation. (Authors/PP)

Twenty annotated references, selected from the ERIC databases on the topic of teacher education foundations of education, include surveys, research reports, curriculum guidelines and models, and general essays. (CJ)

Describes a college level library science course designed to train school library media specialists in developing competencies in curriculum design, both as innovators and as professional teaching colleagues with classroom teachers. (LLS)

Describes a social studies teaching methods course which emphasizes laboratory work in local public elementary schools. Lists five activities preservice teachers are expected to fulfill in the course. (KC)

Describes course activities which allow university education students to experience the problems of exceptional children. Topics discussed include mental retardation, visual, auditory, physical, and learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and gifted children. (KC)

A description is given of how a thinking skills component was incorporated into a graduate teacher education program. Topics include the theoretical basis for a thinking skills component; a course, "Thinking Skills in the Classroom"; and the incorporation of thinking skills into other courses in the program. (IAH)

This article describes a 10-year process of revising the teacher education program at Alverno College. Redesigning the curriculum produced the "Model of the Development of Teaching Abilities." Implementation of the model is occurring in 3 overlapping phases of reconceptualization: field experience, coursework, and assessment. (IAH)

This article summarizes views expressed to teacher education students who interviewed public school educators on the subject of social problems that stand in the way of meeting academic goals. These interviews were assigned as part of a unit in a course designed to provide a social foundation for teachers. (IAH)

Reports results from a national survey of teachers regarding their views on the effectiveness of different sources of learning to teach. Discussion focuses on knowledge demands of teachers, types of knowledge conveyed by different learning sources, and importance of organizational proximity of learning sources to teachers' work in classrooms. (PCB)

The Collaboration for the Improvement of Teacher Education (CITE) program is briefly described; the program's model of reflective thinking is discussed; and an outline is given of the content and structure of a seminar designed to develop teachers' and professors' reflective thinking. (IAH)