The research on teaching is becoming an important part of the teacher educa tion curriculum. Ornstein identifies selected findings from the research liter ature and discusses some of the prob lems facing educators as they attempt to formulate generalizations based on these findings to guide teaching prac tice. The author concludes the article with a list of problem areas that teacher educators need to consider if they are to develop preparation experiences that are responsive to an emergent and ex panding knowledge base.
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