ABSTRACT
In the past twenty-five years, our schools have probably changed much more than they have in any other twenty-five years in American history. The curriculum has broadened and methods of teaching have been diversified. And as a result, the programs that were set up for preparing teachers twenty-five years ago would be quite inadequate for those in charge of modern elementary or secondary schools. Educational psychologists have an important stake in the preparation of teachers, for they have done much to help shape modern education. In the past, however, their contribution came largely as a result of their own research studies. If we now see more clearly the role that they can play in teacher education, we may speed the process of enlarging the scope of research and of translating its findings into school practices. In the light of their past attainments and present activities, what can educational psychologists contribute to the professional development of the student as a teacher ?
