Document Type
Focus Area Four
Abstract
Teacher preparation programs have received a great deal of criticism over the past three decades. In his book Teachers for Our Nation's Schools, Goodlad (1990) raises many familiar concerns along with a few new ones. However, I would like to begin my comments by questioning one of Goodlad's main points about the teacher preparation process.
This paper will look at three areas of concern supported by Goodlad: (a) the gap between subject matter education and actual teaching content, (b) the quality of professional teacher education and (c) the student teaching process. In our school system, we constantly encourage and help teachers keep an eye on the relevancy of what they're teaching in relationship to the student. Goodlad's study revealed that not only students in the preparation program questioned relevancy of subject matter but also experienced teachers said much of their subject matter education had no connection to what they were teaching in their Pre-K-12 assignment.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
147
Last Page
149
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1992 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hoffman, Timothy
(1992)
"A Closer Look at Teacher Education,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 33.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol3/iss1/33
