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teacher education  

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  • The evolving history of the role of teacher education in the United States reflects the changing purposes and characteristics of schools and schooling. Schools in the United States from colonial times to the middle of the 19th century were primarily focused on the basics of reading, writing, and skills in arithmetic. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Teacher Education]

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