Nontraditional teacher preparation pathways were designed to offer different forms of preparation meant to attract different populations of teachers; however, prior literature suggests they may not provide as much of an alternative as initially intended. Drawing on surveys of nearly 800 preservice student teachers and their mentor teachers, we…

Preservice teachers need to be prepared for mainstreaming of handicapped students into the regular classroom. The attitudes of preservice teachers toward education of the handicapped in regular classes were assessed to discover if college courses dealing with special education influence attitudes. (DF)

Teaching effectiveness knowledge, teaching context knowledge, and change and improvement knowledge are knowledge bases that bear directly on improving the context of teacher education programs. Several sources of context and teacher effectiveness are discussed. (DF)