Teacher Development: A Look At Changes In Teacher Perceptions and Behavior Across Time

Interest in the early development of teachers has increased recently as the education profession wres-tles with issues related to accreditation of teacher education programs, certification of beginning teach-ers, expanded or extended teacher preparation, and inservice education for new teachers. Studies of the induction process, from university settings into begin-ning teachers ’ classrooms, have appeared frequently in the literature over the past three to four years. For example, the May-June 1981 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education was devoted primarily to articles on the topic of beginning teacher socialization. These articles presented issues (mostly problems) assoc-iated with the induction or transition of teachers from teacher education programs and student teachin