Examined the impact of a reflective thinking instructional module designed to increase reflective thinking levels in preservice elementary teachers' field experience logs. Analysis of logs from students who did and did not use the module indicated that the module significantly improved the quality of reflection in the experimental group's logs.…

Current discourse in education regarding modernism and postmodernism requires the inclusion of technology and teacher education. Such a shift in thinking could create a deconstructing of the purposes of education to cope with the multiple perspectives. Suggestions are provided regarding technology and teacher education in order to meet the needs…

Argues that the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education's (NCATE) intent to accredit only high quality programs is overly grandiose, suggesting that NCATE should instead focus on identifying weak programs. The article argues in support of this minimalist mission for NCATE and offers suggestions for moving NCATE toward a more…

Investigated preservice teachers' attitudes regarding peer observation and feedback during student teaching. Students had positive perceptions of the helpfulness of peer observation and feedback in improving their teaching and the comfort level they felt working with peers. Most students felt the content and quality of peer feedback improved their…

Describes one teacher educator's experiences during his 10-month search for employment, presenting four general guidelines for dealing with search committees: thinking should precede leaping; if you need to know something, you have to ask; great expectations produce much frustration; and the brightest and most helpful search committee members may…

Describes assumptions about standards which shaped a novice teacher educator's work with student teachers and educative experiences which helped her envision an alternative role for standards in learning to teach. Standards presented to prospective teachers as vision statements allow for novices' ideas about good teaching. Teacher educators should…

Many students depend on teachers' authority for answers, resisting pedagogy emphasizing inquiry and collaboration. Case studies are presented of two teacher educators who helped students understand how children make sense of ideas, focusing on developing communities where students felt safe to voice their ideas. They encountered resistance but…