This case study examines the effect of coteaching on the development of a student's professional knowledge. The study analyzes the student's perceptions of her experiences in a yearlong seminar course of math teaching in elementary school, conducted at a teachers college in Israel. The course was interdisciplinary and taught jointly by two…

The federal mandate for "highly qualified" teachers, along with heightened scrutiny of public education, has resulted in the development of state-mandated teacher certification examinations across the nation. Since teacher education programs in Texas are held accountable for the success rates of program completers on the Texas Examination of…

Up ahead, a foreboding wooden door showing wear from passage of earlier travelers is spotted. As the old porch light emits a pale yellow glow, a key ring emerges from deep inside the coat pocket. Searching for just the right key, the voyager settles on one that also shows age. As the key enters its receptacle and begins to turn, a clicking noise…

A major premise of Trinity University's teacher education program is that good teachers are "students"--of children and childhood, learners and learning, curriculum and pedagogy. To help teacher candidates learn how to think, know, and act like teachers, inquiry is folded into every stage of the teacher preparation program. In this article we…

Explores some of the tensions between inquiry and outcomes in preservice teacher preparation, positing three outcomes of an inquiry stance: complex notions of what counts as learning for K- 12 students; examination of attitudes, values, and beliefs about diversity, U.S. society, and teachers' responsibilities; and understandings of teacher…

Explores various stances on the relationship between teacher knowledge, practice, and inquiry, noting the potential outcomes of these stances on education and society. The article essentializes these views into a modernistic stance, systems stance, and critical stance and discusses variations found within the stances. It concludes by identifying…

Explores the evolution of inquiry into a Professional Development School (PDS) context. Teacher educators hoped to cultivate inquiry as a stance into the PDS culture. This required time for teachers to understand inquiry and embrace it as a powerful tool for reflective teaching and educational change. Mentor teachers gained space to understand…

Compared the perceptions of graduates of four-year and extended teacher preparation programs regarding their preparation and initial teaching experiences after entering the teaching profession. Data from surveys of and interview with beginning teachers suggest that the extended program structure can accommodate best practices in teacher education…

Investigated predictors of success on the Texas ExCET (Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas), highlighting the social studies ExCET components of the Elementary Comprehensive and Elementary Bilingual ExCET exams and noting the relationship of students' social studies coursework preparation, demographics, standardized exams, and…

Builds on Nel Noddings' work on caring encounters to develop a care-centered approach to teacher education. This model emphasizes the important contributions to the process of preparing caring teachers made by enhanced interpersonal commitment, membership in a community of learners, and passion for the creative, intellectual aspects of teaching.…

Interviewed effective urban teachers regarding urban teacher qualifications. Respondents felt preservice teachers should: spend considerable time preparing for urban teaching; understand intergroup and intragroup cultural differences and the culture of poverty; reflect on their own personal values and ability to teach diverse students; spend time…

Examines the importance of high quality teachers for urban schools, discussing best practices for high quality school- university partnerships and describing the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools Partnership programs, which support collaboration as a strong component of university-level teacher preparation and provide teacher…

The Urban Network for the Improvement of Teacher Education emphasizes that teachers must be specifically prepared for teaching in urban settings and must understand that urban education is very unique. It views urban education as a component of complex communities, highlighting four areas for reform: the culture of colleges, instructional quality,…

Texas's Teacher Early Entry Paraprofessional training program is a collaborative effort between several Texas school districts and a teacher preparation program to help remedy severe teacher shortages in programs serving limited-English-speaking students. The paper describes the program's essential programs, its benefits, and the challenges faced…

Investigated Texas teacher educators' cultural attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions of institutional support for culture-fair policies, examining race, gender, sexual orientation, and social class. Surveys indicated that cultural bias was limited. Most bias related to sexual orientation. Cultural attitudes were less biased than cultural…