The teacher as reflective practitioner of rhetoric of teacher education reform is balanced against the realities of promoting teacher reflection. Crucial conditions to promote reflection are identified. (Author/MT)

The types of teacher expectation effects found in the classroom are discussed, with emphasis on research involving teachers' expectations for and interactions with students believed to be of high or low potential. A model for use in understanding the dynamics of expectation communication to students is presented. (Author/MT)

Career ladder and other incentive programs are resisted when teachers and administrators involved in the programs are removed from the initial decision making process. The ideal scenario is described. Implications for teacher educators are discussed. (Author/MT)

The interrelated themes of identity, non-passivity, control, and curriculum must be addressed in any successful innovation in teacher education. An innovative masters-level program is explored in terms of these themes. (Author/MT)

Current efforts to link professional teacher education with liberal education are criticized on the grounds that weaknesses in liberal education make for an unreliable collaboration. It is suggested that mutual exclusivity is probably the best arrangement for professional education and liberal education. (Author/CB)

Reasons why liberal arts faculty distrust or are distainful of teacher education programs are identified and activities that liberal arts faculty members might engage in to improve teacher education (such as serving on advisory committees and supervising student teachers) are suggested. (Author/CB)

The key to improving teacher education programs and their graduates is an integrative general education curriculum and reform in the conduct of college teaching across the disciplines, with leadership emerging from schools, colleges, and departments of education. (Author/CB)

Analyses of structures and processes of society and of higher education reveal the need for a core of interdisciplinary studies in teacher education that would develop critical and reflective capacities in prospective teachers. (Author/CB)

A microcomputer-based simulation, developed to promote preservice elementary school teachers' acquisition of fundamental feedback, time-management, and behavior-management skills through powerful reinforcement, prompting, and feedback training aids, was proven successful in several applications involving entry-level education students. (Author/CB)

Involvement of the teacher education community in school reform efforts is essential to effective teacher education reform. Schools of education that avoid sustained involvement in such efforts will be perceived by prospective teachers as unresponsive to or hypocritical of the critical issues of schooling. (Author/CB)

Evaluation of the instructional decision-making processes of 14 preservice elementary school teachers during a reading practicum indicated that decisions about diagnosis, planning, lesson balance, and word recognition instruction were difficult even for the best of the prospective teachers, while lower performing teachers also had trouble with…

Survey responses of 243 deans of teacher education programs ranked the following factors as the highest indicators of quality for initial selection of faculty members: preparation in area of specialization; unquestionable integrity; publication in refereed journals; specificity as to teaching assignment and type of institution; supervisor reports;…

This article identifies the characteristics of learning diabled education majors, examines the underlying legal issues presently affecting teacher education, and proposes equitable guidelines and procedures for ensuring quality preservice training for the learning-disabled. (Author/CB)

Program goals of the Doane College (Nebraska) teacher induction program include: improving teacher performance, retaining promising beginning teachers, promoting personal and professional well-being, satisfying mandated certification and induction requirements, providing strategies for beginning teachers to acquire additional knowledge and skills,…

This article reviews four basic issues which must be addressed before selection into teacher preparation and into the profession can be meaningful. These issues are: the purpose of selection; standards and criteria for selection; professional judgment of teacher candidates; and legal and ethical considerations of the selection process. (Author/MT)