Planning for an Uncertain Future: Some New Fundamentals for Teacher Education.

Overview & Synopsis

The following questions are addressed in this paper: (1) What should be the goals for teacher education as we move into the twenty-first century? (2) Given the present organizational framework for teacher education, how is change which is responsive to the future needs of teachers and learners possible? How can such changes be planned and implemented? (3) Which components of our traditional model of teacher education need to be re-examined as we plan for change? What organizational patterns are more appropriate for the future? (4) What should be the role of research in teacher education? and (5) How must leaders within teacher education institutions approach change in a proactive, futuristic way? (JD)