Researchers in diverse fields are con structing a new intellectual direction and a new image of human nature. This article sketches some of the resulting implications for teacher education, especially the acceptance of "conscious ness" as a legitimate topic of scholarly and scientific inquiry. New principles of learning based on the research on states of consciousness offer opportunities for teacher educators to restructure curricu lum, to modify content, and to revise instructional methods.
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