This book utilizes 29 case histories of geographically and institutionally diverse teacher education programs to provide a comprehensive historical perspective on teacher education in the United States. The volume, organized into four parts, is further divided into nine chapters. "Part One: "Teacher Education: A Contemporary Perspective on the Past" includes the following chapters: (1) "Connecting the Present to the Past" (John I. Goodlad); and (2) "Recurring Themes and Variations" (Robert A. Levin). "Part Two: Evolution of Teacher Education: Institutional Perspectives" consists of: (3) "Abiding by the 'Rule of Birds': Teaching Teachers in Small Liberal Arts Colleges" (Charles Burgess); (4) "The Evolution of Normal Schools" (Richard J. Altenbaugh, Kathleen Underwood); (5)"Teaching Teachers in Private Universities" (Barbara Beatty); and (6) "Teacher Education and Leadership in Major Universities" (Irving G. Hendrick. "Part Three: Evolution of Teacher Education: State Perspectives" includes: (7) "The Influence of Bureaucracy and Markets: Teacher Education in Pennsylvania" (Linda Eisenmann); and (8) "Centralization, Competition, and Racism: Teacher Education in Georgia" (Kathleen Cruikshank). "Part Four: Perspective on the Future" contains (9) "Beyond Reinventing the Past: The Politics of Teacher Education" (Roger Soder and Kenneth A. Sirotnik). (LL)