Reflective Teaching

Kenneth M. Zeichner is the Boeing Professor of Teacher Education and Director of Teacher Education at the University of Washington. His research has examined different aspects of teacher education in the U.S.A. and beyond. For many years, he has been focusing on understanding the historical trajectories of different approaches to improving teacher education and on elaborating the underlying assumptions, program elements, and consequences of different approaches to social justice oriented teacher education. Daniel P. Liston is professor of education in the educational foundations policy and practice program, and the instruction and curriculum in the content areas program. Professor Liston's research interests include curriculum theory, teacher education, and radical educational theory. Specifically he has explored the various beliefs about and justifications for distinct curricula; he provides articulations for and critiques of teacher education; and he examines the varieties of radical educational theory. Recently Professor Liston has begun to explore the various ways reason and emotion interact to affect the practice of teaching and the education of teachers. His teaching interests focus on curriculum theory, the social and political foundations of schooling, and radical educational critiques and proposals.