Describes the Japanese professional development practice of lesson study and its articulation within the Japanese educational system, discussing insights gained from research that explored the feasibility of lesson study in a U.S. setting, noting challenges faced by American teachers trying to adopt the research focus that is inherent in lesson…

Describes how student teachers can use stimulated recall and concept mapping to elicit experienced mentor teachers' practical knowledge, noting that systematically examining experienced teachers' practical knowledge offers insight into teachers' observable teaching and opportunities to relate these underlying thoughts to theoretical and more…

Assessed the impact of a redesigned campus preservice teacher education program on student teacher development. Student teacher interviews indicated that while student teachers made several recommendations for improving the program, it had a major impact on their development as teachers, helping them acquire broad teaching goals, broad pedagogical…

Investigated teachers' beliefs about the role of empathy in their effectiveness with culturally diverse students. All respondents had participated in a multicultural professional development course geared to fostering culturally responsive practice. Teachers felt that empathy was necessary, but not sufficient, for working with culturally diverse…

Examined a model of practicum supervision adopted at one university that involved intensive supervision by all faculty members. Data from observations, interviews, journals, and conversations found that the model strengthened the school-university partnership, enhanced the practicum and campus program, and helped faculty gain knowledge and…

Explains that culturally responsive teachers are socioculturally conscious; have affirming views of diverse students; see themselves as responsible for and capable of bringing about change to make schools more equitable; understand how learners construct knowledge and can promote knowledge construction; know about the lives of their students; and…

Examines the value of reflection as a meaningful way of approaching learning about teaching in order to develop a better understanding of teaching and teacher education. The article explains that an appropriate focus on experience in teacher education can be influential in developing effective reflective practice and that effective reflective…

Explores how positionality, as a pedagogical construct, can enhance the goals of teaching multicultural education courses that are social reconstructionist in nature, highlighting excerpts from action research assignments in multicultural education courses and probing how student attitudes have been challenged to better understand the complex…

Examined the characteristics of the college-school collaboration process in Professional Development Schools (PDSs), using meta-ethnography to analyze 20 case studies about the PDS collaboration process. Results yielded 12 themes about the collaboration process (e.g., unwillingness to work with others, prior relationships, sustained funding,…

Examined a partnership and a single-placement model of early field experience, using mentor and preservice teacher interviews, preservice teacher ime logs, and planning session transcripts. All respondents valued their experiences, but those in partnership placements felt better supported and engaged in greater instructional risks within the…

Reviewed high quality research on teacher preparation in five areas, discussing the development of review criteria. Questions included attention to subject matter and pedagogical preparation of prospective teachers, to the content and character of high quality field experiences and alternative routes, and to research on the effects of policies on…

Discusses the complexities of teaching and teacher education, examining circumstances that change the ways in which researchers view teaching and teacher education. The article also presents cautionary thoughts about the tendency to narrow the scope of research to focus only on the spaces immediately relevant to a pressing problem framed by…

Suggests that teacher education research has not yet found a distinctive place in the lexicon of educational research, discussing the influence of policymakers. After presenting an informative model of educational renewal that emphasizes medical education, the paper discusses lessons learned from the saga of medical education and asks whether it…

Describes research on teacher education designed to create a system for preparing and supporting effective literacy teachers for a single diverse community, conceptualizing teacher education as the process of developing and linking communities of practice following three modes of belonging (engagement, imagination, and alignment) and concluding…

Discusses the need to increase urban teacher supply and address urban teacher turnover by learning what makes teaching in urban schools fulfilling and offering related policy solutions. The paper looks at defining urban teacher quality, understanding urban teacher learning, developing processes and structures that support urban teacher learning,…