A Nuclear Design for Teacher Education.

Overview & Synopsis

The College of Education at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse has initiated a nuclear design for teacher education. The design provides two centers working in cooperation with the College of Education and the cooperating schools. The Education and Resource Center has five components: social studies, English, science, mathematics, and reading. This center, organized along subject lines, gains direct access to teachers (K-12) through the vehicles of materials and instruction practices in specialized areas of the school curriculum. The Center for Education Professions initiates and coordinates cooperative projects with schools which go beyond subject boundaries. The strategy followed by both units to effect change within the schools was to provide preservice laboratories, clinical experience, and inservice education. Evaluation indicated the design is functioning as intended and the school community relationship is stronger. (MJM)