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preservice teacher education  

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  • Criticism of the established curriculum of undergraduate preparation of teachers began in the 1950s. Critics accused teacher educators of supporting a watered-down college academic curriculum resulting in insufficiently responsive schools to the educational needs of gifted and talented students. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Teacher Education Curriculum, Preservice]

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